Information Display Method and Terminal

ABSTRACT

An information display method and a terminal, where the information display method includes detecting whether a terminal is currently connected to an external device, transmitting a transmission object between the terminal and the external device when the terminal is currently connected to the external device, and displaying a progress graph and a transmission dynamic animation on a screen of the terminal when the transmission object is transmitted between the terminal and the external device, where the transmission dynamic animation includes an object graph that moves from a start position on the screen to an end position on the screen and disappears at the end position, and the object graph is used to indicate the transmission object. According to the foregoing method, a user can have better experience in perceiving a status of the connection between the terminal and the external device.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of International Patent ApplicationNo. PCT/CN2017/102967 filed on Sep. 22, 2017, which claims priority toChinese Patent Application No. 201610848122.5 filed on Sep. 23, 2016.The disclosures of the aforementioned applications are herebyincorporated by reference in their entireties.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the field of computers, and inparticular, to an information display method and a terminal.

BACKGROUND

At present, when a terminal is connected to an external device, theterminal often cannot display a status of the connection between theexternal device and the terminal, or often displays a status of theconnection in a relatively undiversified manner. A user often fails toobtain more information about the status of the connection. For example,when the user listens to music in the terminal using a headphone, publicplay of sound is stopped, and the sound changes to be played using theheadphone. If the user hears no music when plugging the headphone in,the user does not know whether the headphone is successfully plugged inand is in operation. Alternatively, when the user charges the terminal,the terminal displays only a current electricity quantity of theterminal. Therefore, display of an existing terminal affects experienceof a user in perceiving a connection status.

SUMMARY

An objective of embodiments of the present disclosure is to provide aninformation display method and an apparatus such that a user can havebetter experience in perceiving a status of a connection between aterminal and an external device.

The foregoing objective and other objectives are achieved usingcharacteristics in independent claims. Further implementations areembodied in dependent claims, the specification, and the accompanyingdrawings.

According to a first aspect, an information display method is provided.The method is performed by a terminal, and the method includes detectingwhether the terminal is currently connected to an external device, whenthe terminal is currently connected to the external device, transmittinga transmission object between the terminal and the external device, andwhen the transmission object is transmitted between the terminal and theexternal device, displaying a progress graph and a transmission dynamicanimation on a screen of the terminal, where the progress graph is usedto indicate a current transmission progress of the transmission object,the transmission dynamic animation includes an object graph that movesfrom a start position on the screen to an end position on the screen anddisappears at the end position, and the object graph is used to indicatethe transmission object, and when a transmission direction of thetransmission object is from the external device to the terminal, thestart position is a position on the screen that corresponds to theexternal device, and the end position is a position of the progressgraph, or when a transmission direction of the transmission object isfrom the terminal to the external device, the start position is aposition of the progress graph, and the end position is a position onthe screen that corresponds to the external device. Therefore, a usercan more strongly perceive a status of the connection between theterminal and the external device, thereby bringing better experience.

The position on the screen that corresponds to the external device maybe preset.

Before displaying a progress graph, the method may further includeobtaining a current transmission progress of the transmission object.

The transmission dynamic animation may further include a dynamic pictureshowing that the object graph appears at the start position. To bespecific, the transmission dynamic animation may be a dynamic pictureshowing that the object graph appears at the start position on thescreen, and the object graph moves to the end position on the screen andthen disappears at the end position.

Before displaying a transmission dynamic animation, the method mayfurther include obtaining the start position and the end position. Thestart position and the end position may be preset. Further, obtainingthe start position and the end position may further include determining,based on a preset first correspondence, the start position correspondingto the transmission object and the end position corresponding to thetransmission object. Alternatively, obtaining the start position and theend position may include determining, based on a preset secondcorrespondence, the start position and the end position that correspondto an event type (or an event identifier) of an event used to indicatethe transmission of the transmission object. A shape and a color of theobject graph may be fixed, or a shape and a color of the object graphmay be variable.

There may be at least two object graphs. Colors of the object graphs maybe different. Transparency of the object graphs may be different. Movingspeeds of the object graphs may be different. Spacings between theobject graphs may be different.

The shape of the object graph may include at least one of a square, atriangle, a circle, a star shape, an irregular shape, and a circle.

The object graph may move along a straight line, or the object graph maymove along a curve. The curve may be a curve that can be expressed by afunction or may be an irregular curve.

According to the first aspect, in a first possible implementation of thefirst aspect, the method further includes, when the transmission objectis all transmitted, displaying a completion dynamic picture, where thecompletion dynamic picture includes a dynamic picture showing that aremaining object graph that is already displayed in the object graph anddoes not disappear moves to the end position and then disappears at theend position, or the completion dynamic picture includes a dynamicpicture showing that the remaining object graph moves to the startposition and then disappears at the start position. In the completiondynamic picture, a new object graph may no longer appear at the startposition. Therefore, the user better perceives the completion of thetransmission.

The remaining object graph that is already displayed in the object graphand does not disappear may be understood as a remaining object graphthat already appears in the object graph and does not disappear.

According to the first implementation of the first aspect, in a secondpossible implementation of the first aspect, in the completion dynamicpicture, transparency of the remaining object graph gradually increasesand then the remaining object graph disappears, or in the completiondynamic picture, a color of the remaining object graph changes to apreset completion color. Therefore, the user better perceives thecompletion of the transmission.

According to any one of the first aspect or the foregoingimplementations of the first aspect, in a third possible implementationof the first aspect, the method further includes, when the transmissionof the transmission object is paused, displaying a pause picture showingthat the remaining object graph that is already displayed in the objectgraph and does not disappear stops moving. Transparency of the remainingobject graph in the pause picture may be greater than transparency ofthe object graph in the transmission dynamic animation. In the pausepicture, a new object graph may no longer appear at the start position.Therefore, the user better perceives the pause of the transmission andthe terminal.

Alternatively, the pause picture may be displayed when the transmissionof the transmission object is interrupted.

According to the third implementation of the first aspect, in a fourthpossible implementation of the first aspect, the method furtherincludes, when the transmission of the transmission object is resumed,displaying a dynamic picture showing that the remaining object graphmoves to the end position and then disappears at the end position.Therefore, the user can better perceive the resumption of thetransmission. In the dynamic picture, a new object graph may appear atthe start position.

According to any one of the first aspect or the foregoingimplementations of the first aspect, in a fifth possible implementationof the first aspect, displaying a transmission dynamic animationincludes displaying the transmission dynamic animation within presetduration.

According to any one of the foregoing implementations, in a sixthpossible implementation of the first aspect, displaying a completiondynamic picture includes displaying the completion dynamic picturewithin preset duration.

According to any one of the first aspect or the foregoingimplementations of the first aspect, in a seventh possibleimplementation of the first aspect, the external device includes acharging device, the transmission object includes electric energy, andthat the terminal is currently connected to the external device includesthe terminal is currently connected to the charging device using acharging cable or through wireless charging, and when the terminal iscurrently connected to the charging device using the charging cable, thestart position is on a boundary of the screen, the start position and acharging interface of the terminal are on a same side of a center of thescreen, and the start position is in a plug direction of the charginginterface, and the end position is the position of the progress graph,or when the terminal is currently connected to the charging devicethrough wireless charging, the start position is on a boundary of thescreen, and the start position is on each of two sides of the screen,and the end position is the position of the progress graph. Therefore,the user can perceive a used charging manner and perceive a chargingprocess.

That the charging device transmits electric energy to the terminal maymean that the charging device charges the terminal.

The event used to indicate the transmission of the transmission objectmay include an event used to indicate that the terminal is currentlyconnected to the charging device using the charging cable or throughwireless charging.

The progress graph is used to indicate a current electricity quantity ofthe terminal.

The charging interface is a socket of the charging cable of theterminal.

The method further includes displaying a remaining charging time at apreset position on the screen.

The transmission dynamic animation may include a dynamic picture showingthat an object graph appears at the start position on the screen of theterminal, the object graph rotates around the progress graph andgradually approaches the progress graph, and the object graph moves tothe position of the progress graph and then disappears at the positionof the progress graph. “Around” may be clockwise around or anticlockwisearound.

A color of the object graph may be an achromatic color or white, to beapplicable to a charging scenario in which the screen is turned on.

That the start position and the charging interface of the terminal areon the same side of the center of the screen may mean that the startposition and the charging interface of the terminal are on a same sideof the screen, or may mean that the start position and the charginginterface of the terminal are both at an upper part of the screen, ormay mean that the start position and the charging interface of theterminal are both at a lower part of the screen, or may mean that thestart position and the charging interface of the terminal are both on aleft side of the screen, or may mean that the start position and thecharging interface of the terminal are both on a right side of thescreen.

When the terminal is currently connected to the charging device usingthe charging cable, the start position is obtained based on a positionof the charging interface in the terminal or a position of the charginginterface relative to the screen. Further, the position of the charginginterface in the terminal or the position of the charging interfacerelative to the screen may be prestored or preset.

According to the seventh implementation of the first aspect, in aneighth possible implementation of the first aspect, the progress graphis a circle, and a current radius of the progress graph is in a positivecorrelation with a current electricity quantity of the terminal.Therefore, perception of the current electricity quantity by the user isenhanced.

The current electricity quantity of the terminal may be expressed as apercentage.

When a value of one of two variables becomes larger, a value of theother variable becomes larger such that the two variables are in apositive correlation. There may be a linear or non-linear valuerelationship between the two variables.

According to the seventh or eighth implementation of the first aspect,in a ninth possible implementation of the first aspect, at least one ofa current moving speed of the object graph and a current size of theobject graph is in a positive correlation with a voltage currentlyprovided by the charging device, or at least one of a current movingspeed of the object graph and a current size of the object graph is in apositive correlation with a current that is input into the terminal.Therefore, the user can perceive the currently provided voltage orcurrent.

According to any one of the seventh to ninth implementations of thefirst aspect, in a tenth possible implementation of the first aspect,when the current electricity quantity of the terminal is less than orequal to a preset low-electricity-quantity threshold, a color of theobject graph is a preset color indicating a low electricity quantity, orwhen the current electricity quantity of the terminal is greater thanthe low-electricity-quantity threshold and is less than a presethigh-electricity-quantity threshold, a color of the object graph is apreset color indicating a medium electricity quantity, or when thecurrent electricity quantity of the terminal is greater than or equal tothe high-electricity-quantity threshold, a color of the object graph isa preset color indicating a high electricity quantity. Therefore, theuser more intuitively perceives the current electricity quantity.

According to any one of the first aspect or the first to sixthimplementations of the first aspect, in an eleventh possibleimplementation of the first aspect, the external device includes astorage device having a communication function, the transmission objectincludes data information, the terminal is in a wireless connection tothe storage device, and the position on the screen that corresponds tothe external device includes a position of a radio signal icon on thescreen. Therefore, the user better perceives a file transmissionprocess.

In the present disclosure, the wireless connection is a connectionmanner for performing wireless communication, and the wirelesscommunication indicates communication established on the wirelessconnection.

The event used to indicate the transmission of the transmission objectmay include an event used to indicate that the terminal is currently ina wireless connection to the storage device.

The progress graph is used to indicate a transmission progress ofcurrent data.

The progress graph may be a circle, and a current radius of the progressgraph may be in a positive correlation with a transmission completionrate of the data information. The completion rate may be expressed as apercentage.

Alternatively, that the terminal is currently connected to the externaldevice may include that the terminal is currently connected to thestorage device using a data cable, the position on the screen thatcorresponds to the external device may be on a boundary of the screen,the position on the screen that corresponds to the external device and asocket of the data cable of the terminal are on a same side of a centerof the screen, and the position on the screen that corresponds to theexternal device is in a plug direction of the socket of the data cableof the terminal.

According to the eleventh implementation of the first aspect, in atwelfth possible implementation of the first aspect, at least one of acurrent moving speed of the object graph and a current size of theobject graph is in a positive correlation with a current transmissionspeed of the data information. Therefore, the user better perceives thecurrent transmission speed.

According to the eleventh or twelfth implementation of the first aspect,in a thirteenth possible implementation of the first aspect, the datainformation is an installation file of an application or an update fileof the application, a transmission direction of the data information isfrom the external device to the terminal, the progress graph is an iconfor a download status of the application or an icon for an update statusof the application, the icon for the download status is used to displaya current download progress, and the icon for the update status is usedto display a current update progress.

According to a second aspect, an information display method is provided.The method is performed by a terminal, and the method includes, when theterminal establishes a telephone connection to another terminal,displaying a profile picture on a screen of the terminal, where theprofile picture is used to indicate the other terminal, detectingwhether the terminal receives audio data used to indicate a telephonevoice of a user of the terminal, and when receiving the audio data,displaying a transmission dynamic animation on the screen, where thetransmission dynamic animation includes a dynamic picture showing thatan object graph appears at a start position on the screen, and theobject graph moves to a position of the profile picture and thendisappears at the position of the profile picture, and the object graphis used to indicate the audio data. Therefore, the user better perceivesinput and transmission of the telephone voice.

Before the displaying a profile picture, the method may further includeobtaining, based on a preset or prestored correspondence, a profilepicture corresponding to the other terminal. Further, the profilepicture corresponding to the other terminal may be a profile picturecorresponding to a telephone number of the other terminal. The profilepicture may be, for example, but is not limited to, an image of a userof the other terminal.

Alternatively, the profile picture may be preset.

Before the displaying a profile picture, the method may further includeobtaining the start position and the position of the profile picture.The start position and the position of the profile picture may bepreset. Further, obtaining the start position and the position of theprofile picture may further include obtaining, based on a presetcorrespondence, the start position and the position of the profilepicture that correspond to an event type (or an event identifier) of anevent used to indicate that the terminal receives the audio data.

That the profile picture is used to indicate the other terminal mayinclude the profile picture indicates the user of the other terminal.

The displaying a transmission dynamic animation may include displayingthe transmission dynamic animation within preset duration.

According to the second aspect, in a first possible implementation ofthe second aspect, when the audio data is from a device that has amicrophone and that is in a wireless connection to the terminal, thestart position is a position of a radio signal icon on the screen, orwhen the audio data is from a device that has a microphone and that isin a wired connection to the terminal using a headset jack of theterminal, the start position is on a boundary of the screen, the startposition and the headset jack are on a same side of a center of thescreen, and the start position is in a plug direction of the headsetjack, or when the audio data is from a microphone of the terminal, thestart position is on a boundary of the screen, and the start positionand the microphone of the terminal are on a same side of a center of thescreen. Therefore, the user better perceives an input manner of thetelephone voice.

The event used to indicate that the terminal receives the audio data mayinclude an event used to indicate that the audio data is from the devicethat has a microphone and that is in a wireless connection to theterminal, an event used to indicate that the audio data is from thedevice that has a microphone and that is in a wired connection to theterminal using the headset jack of the terminal, or an event used toindicate that the audio data is from the microphone of the terminal.

When the audio data is from the microphone of the terminal, the startposition is further close to a position of the microphone of theterminal.

When the audio data is from the device that has a microphone and that isin a wired connection to the terminal using the headset jack of theterminal, the start position may be obtained based on a position of theheadset jack in the terminal or a position of the headset jack relativeto the screen. The position of the headset jack in the terminal or theposition of the headset jack relative to the screen may be prestored orpreset.

When the audio data is from the microphone of the terminal, the startposition may be obtained based on a position of the microphone in theterminal or a position of the microphone relative to the screen, and theposition of the microphone in the terminal or the position of themicrophone relative to the screen may be prestored or preset.

According to the second aspect or the first implementation of the secondaspect, in a second possible implementation of the second aspect, themethod further includes, when a call on the telephone connection iscompleted, displaying a completion dynamic picture, where the completiondynamic picture includes a dynamic picture showing that a remainingobject graph that is already displayed in the object graph and does notdisappear moves to the position of the profile picture and thendisappears at the position of the profile picture, or the completiondynamic picture includes a dynamic picture showing that the remainingobject graph moves to the start position and then disappears at thestart position. Therefore, the user better perceives the completion ofthe call. In the completion dynamic picture, a new object graph may nolonger appear at the start position.

There may be at least two object graphs.

Displaying a completion dynamic picture may include displaying thecompletion dynamic picture within preset duration.

According to the second implementation of the second aspect, in a thirdpossible implementation of the second aspect, in the completion dynamicpicture, transparency of the remaining object graph gradually increasesand then the remaining object graph disappears, or in the completiondynamic picture, a color of the remaining object graph changes to apreset completion color. Therefore, the user better perceives thecompletion of the call.

According to any one of the second aspect or the foregoingimplementations of the second aspect, in a fourth possibleimplementation of the second aspect, a current moving speed of theobject graph is in a positive correlation with a current speaking speedof the telephone voice, or a current size of the object graph is in anegative correlation with a current speaking speed of the telephonevoice, and a higher current speaking speed of the telephone voiceindicates a smaller current size of the object graph. Therefore, theuser better perceives a speaking speed of the telephone voice.

A speaking speed may be expressed as a quantity of words included withinpreset duration, for example, a quantity of words per minute or aquantity of characters per minute. A current speaking speed is aquantity of words included within a period of time before a currentmoment. A higher quantity indicates a higher speaking speed.

A size of the object graph may be expressed as a perimeter of the objectgraph, and a larger perimeter indicates a larger size of the objectgraph, or a size of the object graph may be expressed as an area of theobject graph, and a larger area indicates a larger size of the objectgraph.

When a value of one of two variables becomes larger, a value of theother variable becomes smaller such that the two variables are in anegative correlation. There may be a linear or non-linear valuerelationship between the two variables.

According to any one of the second aspect or the foregoingimplementations of the second aspect, in a fifth possible implementationof the second aspect, when a current frequency of the telephone voice isless than or equal to a preset low-frequency threshold, a shape of theobject graph is a preset low-frequency shape, or when a currentfrequency of the telephone voice is greater than the low-frequencythreshold and is less than a preset high-frequency threshold, a shape ofthe object graph is a preset intermediate-frequency shape, or when acurrent frequency of the telephone voice is greater than or equal to thehigh-frequency threshold, a shape of the object graph is a presethigh-frequency shape. Therefore, the user better perceives frequencyinformation of the telephone voice.

According to a third aspect, an information display method is provided.The method is performed by a terminal, and the method includes, whenmusic corresponding to audio data is played, displaying a disc graph ona screen of the terminal, where the disc graph is used to indicate themusic, detecting whether the terminal currently outputs the audio datato a playback device, and when the terminal currently outputs the audiodata to the playback device, displaying a transmission dynamic animationon the screen, where the transmission dynamic animation is a dynamicpicture showing that an object graph appears at a position of the discgraph on the screen, and the object graph moves to an end position andthen disappears at the end position, and the object graph is used toindicate the audio data. Therefore, a user better perceives atransmission process of the audio data.

Before displaying a disc graph, the method may further include obtainingthe disc graph. Further, the disc graph may be an image of a singer ofthe music, or may be a cover image of an album to which the musicbelongs. The disc graph may be prestored or preset.

Before the displaying a disc graph, the method may further includeobtaining the position of the disc graph and the end position. Theposition of the disc graph and the end position may be preset. Further,obtaining the position of the disc graph and the end position mayfurther include obtaining, based on a preset correspondence, theposition of the disc graph and the end position that correspond to anevent type (or an event identifier) of an event used to indicate thatthe terminal outputs the audio data to the playback device.

When the music corresponding to the audio data is played, and theterminal is currently not connected to a music play application, adynamic picture showing that the object graph appears at the position ofthe disc graph, and the object graph rotates around the disc graph isdisplayed on the screen of the terminal, and when the terminal currentlyoutputs the audio data to the playback device, the dynamic pictureshowing that the object graph moves to the end position and thendisappears at the end position is displayed.

When the terminal currently outputs the audio data to the playbackdevice, the transmission dynamic animation is displayed. Alternatively,when the terminal currently establishes a transmission connection to theplayback device, the transmission dynamic animation may be displayed.

According to the third aspect, in a first possible implementation of thethird aspect, when the terminal is in a wireless connection to theplayback device, and the terminal currently outputs the audio data tothe playback device, the end position is a position of a radio signalicon on the screen, or when the terminal is in a wired connection to theplayback device using a headset jack, and the terminal currently outputsthe audio data to the playback device, the end position is on a boundaryof the screen of the terminal, the end position and the headset jack areon a same side of a center of the screen, and the end position is in aplug direction of the headset jack. Therefore, the user better perceivesa transmission manner of the audio data.

When the terminal is in a wired connection to the playback device usingthe headset jack, and the terminal currently outputs the audio data tothe playback device, the end position may be obtained based on aposition of the headset jack in the terminal or a position of theheadset jack relative to the screen. The position of the headset jack inthe terminal or the position of the headset jack relative to the screenmay be prestored or preset.

The event used to indicate that the terminal outputs the audio data tothe playback device may include an event used to indicate that theterminal is in a wireless connection to the playback device, and theterminal currently outputs the audio data to the playback device, or anevent used to indicate that the terminal is in a wired connection to theplayback device using the headset jack, and the terminal currentlyoutputs the audio data to the playback device.

According to the third aspect or the first implementation of the thirdaspect, in a second possible implementation of the third aspect,displaying a transmission dynamic animation includes displaying thetransmission dynamic animation within preset duration.

According to any one of the third aspect or the foregoingimplementations of the third aspect, in a third possible implementationof the third aspect, when a current frequency of the music is less thanor equal to a preset low-frequency threshold, a shape of the objectgraph is a preset low-frequency shape, or when a current frequency ofthe music is greater than the low-frequency threshold and is less than apreset high-frequency threshold, a shape of the object graph is a presetintermediate-frequency shape, or when a current frequency of the musicis greater than or equal to the high-frequency threshold, a shape of theobject graph is a preset high-frequency shape. Therefore, the userbetter perceives current frequency information of the music.

According to any one of the third aspect or the foregoingimplementations of the third aspect, in a fourth possible implementationof the third aspect, a current moving speed of the object graph is in apositive correlation with a current rhythm of the music, or a currentsize of the object graph is in a negative correlation with a currentrhythm of the music, and a faster current rhythm of the music indicatesa smaller current size of the object graph. Therefore, the user betterperceives the current rhythm of the music.

A rhythm of music is lengths and strength of tones in the music. Afaster rhythm of the music may indicate a higher alternation frequencyof strong and weak tones in the music. Whether a tone is a strong toneor a weak tone may be measured using a preset absolute threshed for asound. Alternatively, a relative value of a strength change of a tone inthe music may be compared with a preset relative threshold, to measurewhether the tone in the music changes from a strong tone to a weak tone,or changes from a weak tone to a strong tone.

According to any one of the third aspect or the foregoingimplementations of the third aspect, in a fifth possible implementationof the third aspect, in the transmission dynamic animation, a quantityof object graphs that appear per second is in a positive correlationwith resolution of the audio data. Therefore, the user better perceivesthe resolution of the audio data.

The resolution of the audio data is at least one of a sampling rate ofthe audio data and a quantity of bits of each sampling point of themusic.

According to any one of the third aspect or the foregoingimplementations of the third aspect, in a sixth possible implementationof the third aspect, the method further includes, when the terminalcurrently does not output the audio data to the playback device,displaying a silent dynamic picture, where the silent dynamic picture isa dynamic picture showing that a remaining object graph that is alreadydisplayed in the object graph and does not disappear moves to the endposition and then disappears at the end position. In the silent dynamicpicture, a new object graph may no longer appear at the position of thedisc graph. Therefore, the user better perceives whether a sound iscurrently output.

That the terminal currently does not output the audio data to theplayback device may be that the music is paused, or may be that play ofa song is completed and a new song does not start to be played, or maybe that a silent part in the music is played, or may be that theconnection between the terminal and the playback device is currentlyinterrupted.

According to any one of the third aspect or the foregoingimplementations of the third aspect, in a seventh possibleimplementation of the third aspect, the method further includes, whenthe music is paused, displaying a pause picture showing that theremaining object graph that is already displayed in the object graph anddoes not disappear stops moving. Transparency of the remaining objectgraph in the pause picture is greater than transparency of the objectgraph in the transmission dynamic animation. Therefore, the user betterperceives the pause of the music. In the pause picture, a new objectgraph may no longer appear at the position of the disc graph.

According to the seventh implementation of the third aspect, in aneighth possible implementation of the third aspect, the method furtherincludes, when the play of the music is resumed, displaying a dynamicpicture showing that the remaining object graph moves to the endposition and then disappears at the end position. Therefore, the userbetter perceives the resumption of the play of the music. In the dynamicpicture, a new object graph may appear at the position of the discgraph.

According to a fourth aspect, an information display method is provided.The method is performed by a terminal, and the method includes detectingwhether a volume up button of the terminal is pressed, where the volumeup button is used by a user to increase a volume of the terminal, andwhen the volume up button is pressed, displaying a volume graph on ascreen of the terminal, where the volume graph is used to indicate acurrent volume value of the terminal, and displaying a volume up dynamicpicture on the screen, where the volume up dynamic picture is a dynamicpicture showing that a volume up object graph appears at a startposition on the screen, and the volume up object graph moves to aposition of the volume graph and then disappears at the position of thevolume graph, and the volume up object graph is used to indicate aninstruction for increasing the volume. Therefore, the user betterperceives whether the volume up button is successfully pressed.

Before displaying a volume graph, the method may further includeobtaining the current volume value of the terminal.

Before the displaying a volume graph, the method may further includeobtaining the start position and the position of the volume graph. Thestart position and the position of the volume graph may be preset.Further, obtaining the start position and the position of the volumegraph may include obtaining, based on a preset correspondence, theposition of the volume graph and the start position that correspond toan event type (or an event identifier) of an event used to indicate thatthe volume up button is pressed.

According to the fourth aspect, in a first possible implementation ofthe fourth aspect, the start position is on a boundary of the screen ofthe terminal, the start position and the volume up button of theterminal are on a same side of a center of the screen, and the startposition is in a press direction of the volume up button.

The start position may be obtained based on a position of the volume upbutton on the terminal or a position of the volume up button relative tothe screen. The position of the volume up button on the terminal or theposition of the volume up button relative to the screen may be preset orprestored.

According to the fourth aspect or the first implementation of the fourthaspect, in a second possible implementation of the fourth aspect, themethod further includes detecting whether a volume down button of theterminal is pressed, where the volume down button is used by the user toreduce the volume of the terminal, and when the volume down button ispressed, displaying a volume down dynamic picture on the screen, wherethe volume down dynamic picture is a dynamic picture showing that avolume down object graph appears at the position of the volume graph,and the volume down object graph moves to an end position on the screenof the terminal and then disappears at the end position, and the volumedown object graph is used to indicate an instruction for reducing thevolume. Therefore, the user better perceives whether the volume downbutton is successfully pressed. Before the displaying a volume graph,the method may further include obtaining the end position. The endposition may be preset. Further, obtaining the end position may includeobtaining, based on a preset correspondence, the end positioncorresponding to an event type (or an event identifier) of an event usedto indicate that the volume down button is pressed.

According to the second implementation of the fourth aspect, in a thirdpossible implementation of the fourth aspect, the end position is on aboundary of the screen of the terminal, the end position and the volumedown button of the terminal are on a same side of the center of thescreen, and the end position is in a press direction of the volume downbutton.

The end position may be obtained based on a position of the volume downbutton on the terminal or a position of the volume down button relativeto the screen. The position of the volume down button on the terminal orthe position of the volume down button relative to the screen may bepreset or prestored.

According to the second implementation or the third implementation ofthe fourth aspect, in a fourth possible implementation of the fourthaspect, when the volume down button is pressed once, a quantity ofvolume down object graphs that appear at the position of the volumegraph in the volume down dynamic picture is a preset quantity.Therefore, the user better perceives a quantity of successful presses.

According to any one of the fourth aspect or the foregoingimplementations of the fourth aspect, in a fifth possible implementationof the fourth aspect, the volume graph is a circle, and a current radiusof the volume graph is in a positive correlation with the current volumeof the terminal.

According to any one of the fourth aspect or the foregoingimplementations of the fourth aspect, in a sixth possible implementationof the fourth aspect, when the volume up button is pressed once, aquantity of volume up object graphs that appear at the start position inthe volume up dynamic picture is a preset quantity. Therefore, the userbetter perceives a quantity of successful presses.

According to a fifth aspect, an information display method is provided.The method is performed by a terminal, and the method includesdisplaying a sound recording graph on a screen of the terminal, wherethe sound recording graph is used to indicate that a sound recordinginterface is opened, detecting whether the terminal receives audio dataused to indicate a voice of a user of the terminal, and when theterminal receives the audio data, displaying a transmission dynamicanimation on the screen, where the transmission dynamic animation is adynamic picture showing that an object graph appears at a start positionon the screen of the terminal, and the object graph moves to a positionof the sound recording graph and then disappears at the position of thesound recording graph, and the object graph is used to indicate theaudio data. Therefore, the user better perceives whether a sound issuccessfully recorded.

Before displaying a sound recording graph, the method may furtherinclude obtaining the sound recording graph. The sound recording graphmay be preset.

Before displaying a sound recording graph, the method may furtherinclude obtaining the start position and the position of the soundrecording graph. The start position and the position of the soundrecording graph may be preset. Further, obtaining the start position andthe position of the sound recording graph may include obtaining, basedon a preset correspondence, the position of the sound recording graphand the start position that correspond to an event type (or an eventidentifier) of an event used to indicate that the terminal receives theaudio data.

According to the fifth aspect, in a first possible implementation of thefifth aspect, when the audio data is from a device that has a microphoneand that is in a wireless connection to the terminal, the start positionis a position of a radio signal icon on the screen, or when the audiodata is from a device that has a microphone and that is in a wiredconnection to the terminal using a headset jack of the terminal, thestart position is on a boundary of the screen, the start position andthe headset jack of the terminal are on a same side of a center of thescreen, and the start position is in a plug direction of the headsetjack, or when the audio data is from a microphone of the terminal, thestart position is on a boundary of the screen of the terminal, and thestart position and the microphone of the terminal are on a same side ofa center of the screen. Therefore, the user better perceives an inputmanner of the voice.

When the audio data is from the device that has a microphone and that isin a wired connection to the terminal using the headset jack of theterminal, the start position may be obtained based on a position of theheadset jack in the terminal or a position of the headset jack relativeto the screen. The position of the headset jack in the terminal or theposition of the headset jack relative to the screen may be prestored orpreset.

When the audio data is from the microphone of the terminal, the startposition may be obtained based on a position of the microphone in theterminal or a position of the microphone relative to the screen, and theposition of the microphone in the terminal or the position of themicrophone relative to the screen may be prestored or preset.

The event used to indicate that the terminal receives the audio data mayinclude an event used to indicate that the audio data is from the devicethat has a microphone and that is in a wireless connection to theterminal, an event used to indicate that the audio data is from thedevice that has a microphone and that is in a wired connection to theterminal using the headset jack of the terminal, or an event used toindicate that the audio data is from the microphone of the terminal.When the audio data is from the microphone of the terminal, the startposition is further close to a position of the microphone of theterminal.

According to the first implementation of the fifth aspect, in a secondpossible implementation of the fifth aspect, the microphone of theterminal includes at least two microphones, and when the audio data isfrom any one of the at least two microphones, the start position and theany one of the microphones are on a same side of the center of thescreen. Therefore, the user better perceives a direction that the inputvoice is from.

According to any one of the fifth aspect or the foregoingimplementations of the fifth aspect, in a third possible implementationof the fifth aspect, the method further includes when a sound recordingfunction is completed or when the sound recording function is paused,displaying a completion dynamic picture, where the completion dynamicpicture is a dynamic picture showing that a remaining object graph thatis already displayed in the object graph and does not disappear moves tothe position of the sound recording graph and then disappears at theposition of the sound recording graph, or the completion dynamic pictureis a dynamic picture showing that the remaining object graph moves tothe start position and then disappears at the start position. In thecompletion dynamic picture, a new object graph may no longer appear atthe start position. Therefore, the user better perceives completion or apause of sound recording.

There may be at least two object graphs.

According to any one of the fifth aspect or the foregoingimplementations of the fifth aspect, in a fourth possible implementationof the fifth aspect, a current moving speed of the object graph is in apositive correlation with a current speaking speed of the voice, or acurrent size of the object graph is in a negative correlation with acurrent speaking speed of the voice, and a higher current speaking speedof the voice indicates a smaller current size of the object graph.Therefore, the user better perceives the current speaking speed of thevoice.

According to any one of the fifth aspect or the foregoingimplementations of the fifth aspect, in a fifth possible implementationof the fifth aspect, when a current frequency of the voice is less thanor equal to a preset low-frequency threshold, a shape of the objectgraph is a preset low-frequency shape, or when a current frequency ofthe voice is greater than the low-frequency threshold and is less than apreset high-frequency threshold, a shape of the object graph is a presetintermediate-frequency shape, or when a current frequency of the voiceis greater than or equal to the high-frequency threshold, a shape of theobject graph is a preset high-frequency shape. Therefore, the userbetter perceives the current frequency of the voice.

According to a sixth aspect, a terminal is provided. The terminalincludes a detection module configured to detect whether the terminal iscurrently connected to an external device, a transmission moduleconfigured to when the detection module detects that the terminal iscurrently connected to the external device, transmit a transmissionobject between the terminal and the external device, and a displaymodule configured to, when the transmission module transmits thetransmission object between the terminal and the external device,display a progress graph and a transmission dynamic animation on ascreen of the terminal, where the progress graph is used to indicate acurrent transmission progress of the transmission object, thetransmission dynamic animation includes an object graph that moves froma start position on the screen to an end position on the screen anddisappears at the end position, and the object graph is used to indicatethe transmission object, where when a transmission direction of thetransmission object is from the external device to the terminal, thestart position is a position on the screen that corresponds to theexternal device, and the end position is a position of the progressgraph, or when a transmission direction of the transmission object isfrom the terminal to the external device, the end position is a positionon the screen that corresponds to the external device, and the startposition is a position of the progress graph.

The display module may be further configured to obtain a currenttransmission progress of the transmission object.

The display module may be further configured to obtain the startposition and the end position.

The display module may be further configured to determine, based on apreset first correspondence, the start position corresponding to thetransmission object and the end position corresponding to thetransmission object.

The display module may be further configured to determine, based on apreset second correspondence, the start position and the end positionthat correspond to an event type of an event used to indicate thetransmission of the transmission object.

According to the sixth aspect, in a first possible implementation of thesixth aspect, the display module is further configured to, when thetransmission object is all transmitted, display a completion dynamicpicture, where the completion dynamic picture includes a dynamic pictureshowing that a remaining object graph that is already displayed in theobject graph and does not disappear moves to the end position and thendisappears at the end position, or the completion dynamic pictureincludes a dynamic picture showing that the remaining object graph movesto the start position and then disappears at the start position. In thecompletion dynamic picture, a new object graph may no longer appear atthe start position.

According to the first implementation of the sixth aspect, in a secondpossible implementation of the sixth aspect, in the completion dynamicpicture, transparency of the remaining object graph gradually increasesand then the remaining object graph disappears, or in the completiondynamic picture, a color of the remaining object graph changes to apreset completion color.

According to any one of the sixth aspect or the foregoingimplementations of the sixth aspect, in a third possible implementationof the sixth aspect, the display module is further configured to, whenthe transmission of the transmission object is paused, display a pausepicture showing that the remaining object graph that is alreadydisplayed in the object graph and does not disappear stops moving.Transparency of the remaining object graph in the pause picture may begreater than transparency of the object graph in the transmissiondynamic animation. In the pause picture, a new object graph may nolonger appear at the start position.

According to the third implementation of the sixth aspect, in a fourthpossible implementation of the sixth aspect, the display module isfurther configured to, when the transmission of the transmission objectis resumed, display a dynamic picture showing that the remaining objectgraph moves to the end position and then disappears at the end position.In the dynamic picture, a new object graph may appear at the startposition.

According to any one of the sixth aspect or the foregoingimplementations of the sixth aspect, in a fifth possible implementationof the sixth aspect, the display module is configured to display thetransmission dynamic animation within preset duration.

According to any one of the foregoing implementations of the sixthaspect, in a sixth possible implementation of the sixth aspect, thedisplay module is configured to display the completion dynamic picturewithin preset duration.

According to any one of the sixth aspect or the foregoing possibleimplementations of the sixth aspect, in a seventh possibleimplementation of the sixth aspect, the external device includes acharging device, the transmission object includes electric energy, andthat the terminal is currently connected to the external device includesthe terminal is currently connected to the charging device using acharging cable or through wireless charging, and when the terminal iscurrently connected to the charging device using the charging cable, thestart position is on a boundary of the screen, the start position and acharging interface of the terminal are on a same side of a center of thescreen, and the start position is in a plug direction of the charginginterface, and the end position is the position of the progress graph,or when the terminal is currently connected to the charging devicethrough wireless charging, the start position is on a boundary of thescreen, and the start position is on each of two sides of the screen,and the end position is the position of the progress graph.

According to the seventh implementation of the sixth aspect, in aneighth possible implementation of the sixth aspect, the progress graphis a circle, and a current radius of the progress graph is in a positivecorrelation with a current electricity quantity of the terminal.

According to the seventh or eighth implementation of the sixth aspect,in a ninth possible implementation of the sixth aspect, at least one ofa current moving speed of the object graph and a current size of theobject graph is in a positive correlation with a voltage currentlyprovided by the charging device, or at least one of a current movingspeed of the object graph and a current size of the object graph is in apositive correlation with a current that is input into the terminal.

According to any one of the seventh to ninth implementations of thesixth aspect, in a tenth possible implementation of the sixth aspect,when the current electricity quantity of the terminal is less than orequal to a preset low-electricity-quantity threshold, a color of theobject graph is a preset color indicating a low electricity quantity, orwhen the current electricity quantity of the terminal is greater thanthe low-electricity-quantity threshold and is less than a presethigh-electricity-quantity threshold, a color of the object graph is apreset color indicating a medium electricity quantity, or when thecurrent electricity quantity of the terminal is greater than or equal tothe high-electricity-quantity threshold, a color of the object graph isa preset color indicating a high electricity quantity.

According to any one of the sixth aspect or the first to sixthimplementations of the sixth aspect, in an eleventh possibleimplementation of the sixth aspect, the external device includes astorage device having a communication function, the transmission objectincludes data information, the terminal is in a wireless connection tothe storage device, and the position on the screen that corresponds tothe external device includes a position of a radio signal icon on thescreen.

According to the eleventh implementation of the sixth aspect, in atwelfth possible implementation of the sixth aspect, at least one of acurrent moving speed of the object graph and a current size of theobject graph is in a positive correlation with a current transmissionspeed of the data information.

According to the eleventh or twelfth implementation of the sixth aspect,in a thirteenth possible implementation of the sixth aspect, the datainformation is an installation file of an application or an update fileof the application, a transmission direction of the data information isfrom the external device to the terminal, the progress graph is an iconfor a download status of the application or an icon for an update statusof the application, the icon for the download status is used to displaya current download progress, and the icon for the update status is usedto display a current update progress.

According to a seventh aspect, a terminal is provided. The terminalincludes a display module configured to, when the terminal establishes atelephone connection to another terminal, display a profile picture on ascreen of the terminal, where the profile picture is used to indicatethe other terminal, and a detection module configured to detect whetheraudio data used to indicate a telephone voice of a user of the terminalis received, where the display module is further configured to when thedetection module detects that the terminal receives the audio data,display a transmission dynamic animation on the screen, where thetransmission dynamic animation includes a dynamic picture showing thatan object graph appears at a start position on the screen, and theobject graph moves to a position of the profile picture and thendisappears at the position of the profile picture, and the object graphis used to indicate the audio data.

The display module may be further configured to obtain, based on apreset or prestored correspondence, a profile picture corresponding tothe other terminal.

The display module may be further configured to obtain the startposition and the position of the profile picture.

The display module may be further configured to obtain, based on apreset correspondence, the start position and the position of theprofile picture that correspond to an event type of an event used toindicate that the terminal establishes the telephone connection to theother terminal.

According to the seventh aspect, in a first possible implementation ofthe seventh aspect, when the audio data is from a device that has amicrophone and that is in a wireless connection to the terminal, thestart position is a position of a radio signal icon on the screen, orwhen the audio data is from a device that has a microphone and that isin a wired connection to the terminal using a headset jack of theterminal, the start position is on a boundary of the screen, the startposition and the headset jack are on a same side of a center of thescreen, and the start position is in a plug direction of the headsetjack, or when the audio data is from a microphone of the terminal, thestart position is on a boundary of the screen, and the start positionand the microphone of the terminal are on a same side of a center of thescreen.

According to the seventh aspect or the first implementation of theseventh aspect, in a second possible implementation of the seventhaspect, the display module is further configured to when a call on thetelephone connection is completed, display a completion dynamic picture,where the completion dynamic picture includes a dynamic picture showingthat a remaining object graph that is already displayed in the objectgraph and does not disappear moves to the position of the profilepicture and then disappears at the position of the profile picture, orthe completion dynamic picture includes a dynamic picture showing thatthe remaining object graph moves to the start position and thendisappears at the start position. In the completion dynamic picture, anew object graph may no longer appear at the start position.

There may be at least two object graphs.

According to the second implementation of the seventh aspect, in a thirdpossible implementation of the seventh aspect, in the completion dynamicpicture, transparency of the remaining object graph gradually increasesand then the remaining object graph disappears, or in the completiondynamic picture, a color of the remaining object graph changes to apreset completion color.

According to any one of the seventh aspect or the foregoingimplementations of the seventh aspect, in a fourth possibleimplementation of the seventh aspect, a current moving speed of theobject graph is in a positive correlation with a current speaking speedof the telephone voice, or a current size of the object graph is in anegative correlation with a current speaking speed of the telephonevoice, and a higher current speaking speed of the telephone voiceindicates a smaller current size of the object graph.

According to any one of the seventh aspect or the foregoingimplementations of the seventh aspect, in a fifth possibleimplementation of the seventh aspect, when a current frequency of thetelephone voice is less than or equal to a preset low-frequencythreshold, a shape of the object graph is a preset low-frequency shape,or when a current frequency of the telephone voice is greater than thelow-frequency threshold and is less than a preset high-frequencythreshold, a shape of the object graph is a presetintermediate-frequency shape, or when a current frequency of thetelephone voice is greater than or equal to the high-frequencythreshold, a shape of the object graph is a preset high-frequency shape.

According to an eighth aspect, a terminal is provided. The terminalincludes a display module configured to, when music corresponding toaudio data is played, display a disc graph on a screen of the terminal,where the disc graph is used to indicate the music, and a detectionmodule configured to detect whether the terminal currently outputs theaudio data to a playback device, where the display module is furtherconfigured to when the detection module detects that the terminalcurrently outputs the audio data to the playback device, display atransmission dynamic animation on the screen, where the transmissiondynamic animation is a dynamic picture showing that an object graphappears at a position of the disc graph on the screen, and the objectgraph moves to an end position and then disappears at the end position,and the object graph is used to indicate the audio data.

The display module may be further configured to obtain the disc graph.

The display module may be further configured to obtain the position ofthe disc graph and the end position.

The display module may be further configured to obtain, based on apreset correspondence, the position of the disc graph and the endposition that correspond to an event type of an event used to indicatethat the terminal outputs the audio data to the playback device.

According to the eighth aspect, in a first possible implementation ofthe eighth aspect, when the terminal is in a wireless connection to theplayback device, and the terminal currently outputs the audio data tothe playback device, the end position is a position of a radio signalicon on the screen, or when the terminal is in a wired connection to theplayback device using a headset jack, and the terminal currently outputsthe audio data to the playback device, the end position is on a boundaryof the screen of the terminal, the end position and the headset jack areon a same side of a center of the screen, and the end position is in aplug direction of the headset jack.

According to the eighth aspect or the first implementation of the eighthaspect, in a second possible implementation of the eighth aspect, thedisplay module is configured to display the transmission dynamicanimation within preset duration.

According to any one of the eighth aspect or the foregoingimplementations of the eighth aspect, in a third possible implementationof the eighth aspect, when a current frequency of the music is less thanor equal to a preset low-frequency threshold, a shape of the objectgraph is a preset low-frequency shape, or when a current frequency ofthe music is greater than the low-frequency threshold and is less than apreset high-frequency threshold, a shape of the object graph is a presetintermediate-frequency shape, or when a current frequency of the musicis greater than or equal to the high-frequency threshold, a shape of theobject graph is a preset high-frequency shape.

According to any one of the eighth aspect or the foregoingimplementations of the eighth aspect, in a fourth possibleimplementation of the eighth aspect, a current moving speed of theobject graph is in a positive correlation with a current rhythm of themusic, or a current size of the object graph is in a negativecorrelation with a current rhythm of the music, and a faster currentrhythm of the music indicates a smaller current size of the objectgraph.

According to any one of the eighth aspect or the foregoingimplementations of the eighth aspect, in a fifth possible implementationof the eighth aspect, in the transmission dynamic animation, a quantityof object graphs that appear per second is in a positive correlationwith resolution of the audio data.

According to any one of the eighth aspect or the foregoingimplementations of the eighth aspect, in a sixth possible implementationof the eighth aspect, the display module is further configured to, whenthe terminal currently does not output the audio data to the playbackdevice, display a silent dynamic picture, where the silent dynamicpicture is a dynamic picture showing that a remaining object graph thatis already displayed in the object graph and does not disappear moves tothe end position and then disappears at the end position. In the silentdynamic picture, a new object graph may no longer appear at the positionof the disc graph.

According to any one of the eighth aspect or the foregoingimplementations of the eighth aspect, in a seventh possibleimplementation of the eighth aspect, the display module is furtherconfigured to, when the music is paused, display a pause picture showingthat the remaining object graph that is already displayed in the objectgraph and does not disappear stops moving. Transparency of the remainingobject graph in the pause picture may be greater than transparency ofthe object graph in the transmission dynamic animation. In the pausepicture, a new object graph may no longer appear at the position of thedisc graph.

According to the seventh implementation of the eighth aspect, in aneighth possible implementation of the eighth aspect, the display moduleis further configured to, when the play of the music is resumed, displaya dynamic picture showing that a graph that is already displayed in theobject graph and does not disappear moves to the end position and thendisappears at the end position. In the dynamic picture, a new objectgraph may appear at the position of the disc graph.

According to a ninth aspect, a terminal is provided. The terminalincludes a detection module configured to detect whether a volume upbutton of the terminal is pressed, where the volume up button is used bya user to increase a volume of the terminal, and a display moduleconfigured to, when the detection module detects that the volume upbutton is pressed, display a volume graph on a screen of the terminal,where the volume graph is used to indicate a current volume value of theterminal, and display a volume up dynamic picture on the screen, wherethe volume up dynamic picture is a dynamic picture showing that a volumeup object graph appears at a start position on the screen, and thevolume up object graph moves to a position of the volume graph and thendisappears at the position of the volume graph, and the volume up objectgraph is used to indicate an instruction for increasing the volume.

The display module may be further configured to obtain the currentvolume value of the terminal.

The display module may be further configured to obtain the startposition and the position of the volume graph.

The display module may be further configured to obtain, based on apreset correspondence, the position of the volume graph and the startposition that correspond to an event type of an event used to indicatethat the volume up button is pressed. According to the ninth aspect, ina first possible implementation of the ninth aspect, the start positionis on a boundary of the screen of the terminal, the start position andthe volume up button of the terminal are on a same side of a center ofthe screen, and the start position is in a press direction of the volumeup button.

According to the ninth aspect or the first implementation of the ninthaspect, in a second possible implementation of the ninth aspect, thedetection module is further configured to detect whether a volume downbutton of the terminal is pressed, where the volume up button is used bythe user to reduce the volume of the terminal, and the display module isfurther configured to, when the detection module detects that the volumedown button is pressed, display a volume down dynamic picture on thescreen, where the volume down dynamic picture is a dynamic pictureshowing that a volume down object graph appears at the position of thevolume graph, and the volume down object graph moves to an end positionon the screen of the terminal and then disappears at the end position,and the volume down object graph is used to indicate an instruction forreducing the volume.

According to the second implementation of the ninth aspect, in a thirdpossible implementation of the ninth aspect, the end position is on aboundary of the screen of the terminal, the end position and the volumedown button of the terminal are on a same side of the center of thescreen, and the end position is in a press direction of the volume downbutton.

According to the second implementation or the third implementation ofthe ninth aspect, in a fourth possible implementation of the ninthaspect, when the volume down button is pressed once, a quantity ofvolume down object graphs that appear at the position of the volumegraph in the volume down dynamic picture is a preset quantity.

According to any one of the ninth aspect or the foregoingimplementations of the ninth aspect, in a fifth possible implementationof the ninth aspect, the volume graph is a circle, and a current radiusof the volume graph is in a positive correlation with the current volumeof the terminal.

According to any one of the ninth aspect or the foregoingimplementations of the fourth aspect, in a sixth possible implementationof the ninth aspect, when the volume up button is pressed once, aquantity of volume up object graphs that appear at the start position inthe volume up dynamic picture is a preset quantity.

According to a tenth aspect, a terminal is provided. The terminalincludes a display module configured to display a sound recording graphon a screen of the terminal, where the sound recording graph is used toindicate that a sound recording interface is opened, and a detectionmodule configured to detect whether the terminal receives audio dataused to indicate a voice of a user of the terminal, where the displaymodule is further configured to, when the detection module detects thatthe terminal receives the audio data, display a transmission dynamicanimation on the screen, where the transmission dynamic animation is adynamic picture showing that an object graph appears at a start positionon the screen, and the object graph moves to the sound recording graphand then disappears at a position of the sound recording graph, and theobject graph is used to indicate the audio data.

The display module may be further configured to obtain the soundrecording graph.

The display module may be further configured to obtain the startposition and the position of the sound recording graph.

The display module may be further configured to obtain, based on apreset correspondence, the position of the sound recording graph and theend position that correspond to an event type of an event used toindicate that the terminal receives the audio data.

After it is detected that the user enables a sound recording function,whether the terminal receives the audio data used to indicate the voiceof the user of the terminal may be detected.

According to the tenth aspect, in a first possible implementation of thetenth aspect, when the audio data is from a device that has a microphoneand that is in a wireless connection to the terminal, the start positionis a position of a radio signal icon on the screen, or when the audiodata is from a device that has a microphone and that is in a wiredconnection to the terminal using a headset jack of the terminal, thestart position is on a boundary of the screen, the start position andthe headset jack of the terminal are on a same side of a center of thescreen, and the start position is in a plug direction of the headsetjack, or when the audio data is from a microphone of the terminal, thestart position is on a boundary of the screen of the terminal, and thestart position and the microphone of the terminal are on a same side ofa center of the screen.

According to the first implementation of the tenth aspect, in a secondpossible implementation of the tenth aspect, the microphone of theterminal includes at least two microphones, and when the audio data isfrom any one of the at least two microphones, the start position and theany one of the microphones are on a same side of the center of thescreen.

According to any one of the tenth aspect or the foregoingimplementations of the tenth aspect, in a third possible implementationof the tenth aspect, there are at least two object graphs, and thedisplay module is further configured to, when the sound recordingfunction is completed or when the sound recording function is paused,display a completion dynamic picture, where the completion dynamicpicture is a dynamic picture showing that a remaining object graph thatis already displayed in the object graph and does not disappear moves tothe position of the sound recording graph and then disappears at theposition of the sound recording graph, or the completion dynamic pictureis a dynamic picture showing that the remaining object graph moves tothe start position and then disappears at the start position. In thecompletion dynamic picture, a new object graph may no longer appear atthe start position.

According to any one of the tenth aspect or the foregoingimplementations of the tenth aspect, in a fourth possible implementationof the tenth aspect, a current moving speed of the object graph is in apositive correlation with a current speaking speed of the voice, or acurrent size of the object graph is in a negative correlation with acurrent speaking speed of the voice, and a higher current speaking speedof the voice indicates a smaller current size of the object graph.

According to any one of the tenth aspect or the foregoingimplementations of the tenth aspect, in a fifth possible implementationof the tenth aspect, when a current frequency of the voice is less thanor equal to a preset low-frequency threshold, a shape of the objectgraph is a preset low-frequency shape, or when a current frequency ofthe voice is greater than the low-frequency threshold and is less than apreset high-frequency threshold, a shape of the object graph is a presetintermediate-frequency shape, or when a current frequency of the voiceis greater than or equal to the high-frequency threshold, a shape of theobject graph is a preset high-frequency shape.

According to an eleventh aspect, an information display device isprovided. The device includes a processor and a memory, where the memoryis configured to store code, and the processor reads the code stored inthe memory, to perform the method according to the first aspect.

According to a twelfth aspect, an information display device isprovided. The device includes a processor and a memory, where the memoryis configured to store code, and the processor reads the code stored inthe memory, to perform the method according to the second aspect.

According to a thirteenth aspect, an information display device isprovided. The device includes a processor and a memory, where the memoryis configured to store code, and the processor reads the code stored inthe memory to perform the method according to the third aspect.

According to a fourteenth aspect, an information display device isprovided. The device includes a processor and a memory, where the memoryis configured to store code, and the processor reads the code stored inthe memory, to perform the method according to the fourth aspect.

According to a fifteenth aspect, an information display device isprovided. The device includes a processor and a memory, where the memoryis configured to store code, and the processor reads the code stored inthe memory to perform the method according to the fifth aspect.

According to a sixteenth aspect, a computer storage medium is provided.The computer storage medium is configured to store a computer softwareinstruction to be executed by the processor according to the eleventhaspect to perform the method according to the first aspect.

According to a seventeenth aspect, a computer storage medium isprovided. The computer storage medium is configured to store a computersoftware instruction to be executed by the processor according to thetwelfth aspect to perform the method according to the second aspect.

According to an eighteenth aspect, a computer storage medium isprovided. The computer storage medium is configured to store a computersoftware instruction to be executed by the processor according to thethirteenth aspect to perform the method according to the third aspect.

According to a nineteenth aspect, a computer storage medium is provided.The computer storage medium is configured to store a computer softwareinstruction to be executed by the processor according to the fourteenthaspect to perform the method according to the fourth aspect.

According to a twentieth aspect, a computer storage medium is provided.The computer storage medium is configured to store a computer softwareinstruction to be executed by the processor according to the fifteenthaspect to perform the method according to the fifth aspect.

It may be learned from the foregoing technical solutions provided in theembodiments of the present disclosure that, in the embodiments of thepresent disclosure, the transmission dynamic animation is displayed suchthat the user more strongly perceives the connection between theterminal and the external device, thereby bringing better experience.

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To describe the technical solutions in some of the embodiments of thepresent disclosure more clearly, the following briefly describes theaccompanying drawings describing some of the embodiments. Theaccompanying drawings in the following description show merely someembodiments of the present disclosure, and a person of ordinary skill inthe art may still derive other drawings from these accompanying drawingswithout creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a logical structure of a computerdevice according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a structure of a computer deviceaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a logical structure of a terminalaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an interface of a terminal according toan embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of an interface of a terminal according toan embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of an interface of a terminal according toan embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of an interface of a terminal according toan embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a logical structure of a terminalaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of an interface of a terminal according toan embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a logical structure of a terminalaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of an interface of a terminal accordingto an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of a logical structure of a terminalaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 13A is a schematic diagram of an interface of a terminal accordingto an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 13B is a schematic diagram of an interface of a terminal accordingto an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram of a logical structure of a terminalaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram of an interface of a terminal accordingto an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 16 is a schematic flowchart of an information display methodaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 17 is a schematic flowchart of an information display methodaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 18 is a schematic flowchart of an information display methodaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 19 is a schematic flowchart of an information display methodaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 20 is a schematic flowchart of an information display methodaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure; and

FIG. 21 is a schematic diagram of a logical structure of a computerdevice according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

The following clearly describes the technical solutions in theembodiments of the present disclosure with reference to the accompanyingdrawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a computer device 100according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The computerdevice 100 may be a terminal, for example, but not limited to, a mobilephone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a smartwatch, atelevision set, and another electronic device having a display screen.The computer device 100 may support a plurality of application programs,for example, one or more of the following a drawing application program,a text processing application program, a website browsing applicationprogram, an electronic table application program, an office softwareapplication program, a game application program, a telephone applicationprogram, a video conferencing application program, an email applicationprogram, an instant messaging application program, a health managementapplication program, a photo management application program, a digitalcamera application program, a digital video camera application program,a digital music player application program, and a digital video playerapplication program. Each application program executed on the computerdevice 100 randomly obtains, using at least one hardware interfacedevice, for example, but not limited to, a touch display screen 136, aninstruction entered by a user.

The computer device 100 may include a memory 108 (the memory 108 mayinclude one or more computer readable storage media) and one or moreprocessing units (for example, but not limited to, at least one of acentral processing unit (CPU), a graphical processing unit (GPU), adigital signal processor (DSP), and a field programmable gate array(FPGA)) 102. The computer device 100 may further include at least one ofa controller 104, a peripheral equipment interface 106, a radiofrequency (RF) circuit 126, an audio circuit 128, a speaker 130, a touchdisplay screen 136, a microphone 132, an input/output (I/O) subsystem134, another input or control device 154, and an external port 156. Thecomputer device 100 may further include one or more optical sensors 142.The computer device 100 may further include one or more touch strengthsensors 146 configured to detect touch strength on the touch displayscreen 136 (for example configured to detect the touch strength on thetouch display screen 136, where “strength” is touch (for example, fingertouch) pressure or strength on the touch display screen 136). Thesecomponents communicate with each other randomly using one or more busesor signal cables. It should be understood that, the computer device 100may also include a display screen having no user touch perceptionfunction, to replace the touch display screen 136.

It should be understood that, the computer device 100 is merely anexample of a computer device, the computer device 100 may have more orfewer components than those shown in the figure, and two or morecomponents may be randomly combined. Various components shown in FIG. 1are implemented using hardware, software, or a combination of hardwareand software, and may further include at least one of a signalprocessing specific integrated circuit and an application-specificintegrated circuit.

The memory 108 may include a high-speed random access memory (RAM), andfurther include a non-volatile memory, for example, one or more magneticdisk storage devices, a flash memory device, or another non-volatilesolid-state memory device. Access to the memory 108 by other components(for example, the CPU 102 and a peripheral equipment interface 106) ofthe computer device 100 is randomly controlled by the controller 104.

The peripheral equipment interface 106 may be configured to couple inputperipheral equipment and output peripheral equipment of the computerdevice 100 to the processing unit 102 and the memory 108. The one ormore processing units 102 run or execute various software programsand/or instruction sets stored in the memory 108 to perform variousfunctions of the device 100 and process data. The peripheral equipmentinterface 106, the processing unit 102, and the controller 104 may beimplemented on a single chip. Alternatively, the peripheral equipmentinterface 106, the processing unit 102, and the controller 104 may beimplemented on independent chips.

The RF circuit 126 receives and sends RF signals that are also referredto as electromagnetic signals. The RF circuit 126 converts an electricalsignal into an electromagnetic signal or converts an electromagneticsignal into an electrical signal, and communicates with a communicationsnetwork and another communications device using the electromagneticsignal. The RF circuit 126 may include a circuit configured to performthe foregoing functions, and includes, but is not limited to, an antennasystem, an RF transceiver, one or more amplifiers, a tuner, one or moreoscillators, a digital signal processor, a codec chip set, and the like.The RF circuit 126 may communicate with a network and another devicethrough wireless communication. The network may be, for example, theInternet, an intranet, a wireless local area network (WLAN), or ametropolitan area network (MAN). The wireless communication may includeany one of a plurality of communication standards, protocols, andtechnologies, including, but not limited to, a Global System for MobileCommunications (GSM), an Enhanced Data GSM Environment (EDGE), HighSpeed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA), High Speed Uplink Packet Access(HSUPA), Evolution-Data Only (EV-DO), HSPA, HSPA+, dual-cell HSPA(DC-HSPDA), Long Term Evolution (LTE), Near Field Communication (NFC),Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDM), Code Division MultipleAccess (CDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), BLUETOOTH, WI-FI(for example, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)802.11a, IEEE 802. lib, IEEE 802. Ilg, or IEEE 802. Iln), Voice overInternet Protocol (VoIP), WI-MAX, an email protocol (for example, theInternet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) and/or the Post Office Protocol(POP)), instant messaging (for example, the Extensible Messaging andPresence Protocol (XMPP), the Session Initiation Protocol for InstantMessaging and Presence Leveraging Extensions (SMPLE), or an instantmessaging and presence service (MPS)), or a short messaging service(SMS), and the wireless communication may further include acommunication protocol that is not developed before the filing date ofthis document.

The audio circuit 128, the speaker 130, and the microphone 132 provideaudio interfaces between the user and the device 100. The audio circuit128 receives audio data from the peripheral equipment interface 106,converts the audio data into an electrical signal, and transmits theelectrical signal to the speaker 130. The speaker 130 converts theelectrical signal into an acoustic wave audible to a human ear. Theaudio circuit 128 further receives an electrical signal that is obtainedby the microphone 132 by converting the acoustic wave. The audio circuit128 converts the electrical signal into audio data, and transmits theaudio data to the peripheral equipment interface 106 for processing. Theaudio data may be transmitted by the peripheral equipment interface 106to the memory 108, the processing unit 102, or the RF circuit 126. Theaudio circuit 128 may further include a headset jack (for example, 212in FIG. 2). The headset jack provides an interface between the audiocircuit 128 and removable audio input/output peripheral equipment. Theperipheral equipment may be a headphone having only an output, or theperipheral equipment may be a headset having both an output (forexample, a single-earpiece headset or a double-earpiece headset) and aninput (for example, a microphone).

An I/O subsystem 134 couples the input/output peripheral equipment, forexample, the touch display screen 136 and another input control device152, in the computer device 100 to the peripheral equipment interface106. The I/O subsystem 134 may include a display controller 134, anoptical sensor controller 140, a strength sensor controller 144, oranother input controller 154 used for another input control device 116.The other input controller 154 receives an electrical signal from theother input control device 152 or sends an electrical signal to theother input control device 152. The other input control device 152randomly includes a physical button (for example, a press button or arocker button), a dial pad, a slider switch, a joystick, a click wheel,and the like. The other input controller 154 may also be randomlycoupled to any one of a keyboard, an infrared port, a universal serialbus (USB) port, and a pointing device (for example, a mouse). Thephysical button (for example, a volume adjustment button 208 in FIG. 2)may further include a volume up button or a volume down button used toperform volume control on the speaker 130, a headphone, or a headset.The physical button may further include a press button (for example, apress button 206 in FIG. 2) used to turn on/off the computer device 100and lock the computer device 100.

The touch display screen 136 provides an input interface and an outputinterface between the computer device 100 and the user. The displaycontroller 134 receives an electrical signal from the touch displayscreen 136 or sends an electrical signal to a touchscreen 112. The touchdisplay screen 136 displays a visual output to the user. The visualoutput randomly includes a graph, a text, an icon, a dynamic picture, avideo, and any combination thereof.

The touch display screen 136 may have a sensor or a sensor group thatreceives an input from the user based on a tactile touch or a haptictouch. The touch display screen 136 and the display controller 134(along with any associated module or instruction set in the memory 108)detect a touch on the touch display screen 136 (and any movement orinterruption of the touch), and convert the detected touch into a userinterface object (for example, one or more virtual buttons, icons, webpages, graphs, or images) displayed on the touch display screen 136 foran exchange. A touch point between the touch display screen 136 and theuser may correspond to a finger of the user or may correspond to astylus.

The touch display screen 136 may use liquid crystal display (LCD)technology, light emitting polymer display (LPD) technology, or lightemitting diode (LED) technology. The touch display screen 136 and thedisplay controller 134 may use any one of a plurality of known touchsensing technologies or any one of a plurality of touch sensingtechnologies that are to be developed in the future. The touch sensingtechnologies include, but are not limited to, capacitive, resistive,infrared, or surface acoustic wave touch sensing technologies. In aspecific implementation process, a projective mutual-capacitance sensingtechnology may be used.

The touch display screen 136 may have video resolution above 100 dpi orother video resolution. The user randomly uses any suitable object or anauxiliary such as a stylus or a finger to touch the touch display screen136. In some embodiments, a user interface may be designed to perform anexchange with the user based on a finger touch and a gesture. Becausethe finger has a relatively large touch area on the touch display screen136, this may not be as accurate as an input based on the stylus. Insome embodiments, the computer device 100 translates a rough input basedon the finger into an accurate pointer/cursor position or a command, toperform an action expected by the user.

In some embodiments, in addition to the touchscreen, the computer device100 may include a touchpad configured to activate or deactivate aspecific function through a touch of the user. In some embodiments, anarea of the touchpad and an area of the touch display screen 136 aredifferent areas, and the two areas may be neighboring to each other, ormay not be neighboring to each other. The touchpad displays no visualoutput.

The computer device 100 may further include a power system 138configured to supply power to various components. The power system 138may include a power management system, one or more power supplies (forexample, a battery or an alternating current (AC)), a recharging system,a power failure detection circuit, a power converter or inverter, apower status indicator (for example, an LED), and any other componentassociated with power generation, management, and distribution. Thepower system may further include a wireless charging receiver configuredto receive electric energy through wireless charging, to charge thecomputer device 100.

The computer device 100 may further include one or more optical sensors142 coupled to the optical sensor controller 140 in the I/O subsystem134. The optical sensor 142 may include a charge coupled device (CCD) ora complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) phototransistor. Theoptical sensor 142 receives, from an environment, light projected usingone or more lenses, and converts the light into data indicating animage.

The computer device 100 may further include a touch strength sensor 146coupled to the strength sensor controller 144 in the I/O subsystem 134.The touch strength sensor 146 may include one or more capacitive forcesensors, electric power sensors, piezoelectric force sensors, opticalforce sensors, or other strength sensors. The touch strength sensor 146is configured to receive touch strength information from an environment.

The computer device 100 may further include one or more proximitysensors 148 coupled to the peripheral equipment interface 106. Inanother option, the proximity sensor 148 is coupled to an inputcontroller in the I/O subsystem 134. In some embodiments, when thecomputer device 100 is placed near an ear of the user (for example, whenthe user is making a call), the proximity sensor is turned off and thetouch display screen 136 is disabled.

The computer device 100 may further include one or more accelerometers150 coupled to the peripheral equipment interface 106. In anotheroption, the accelerometer 150 is randomly coupled to the inputcontroller in the I/O subsystem 134. In some embodiments, based on ananalysis on data from the one or more accelerometers, a vertical view ora horizontal view is displayed on the touch display screen. In additionto the one or more accelerometers 150, the computer device 100 mayinclude a global positioning system (GPS) (or a GLONASS or anotherglobal navigation system) receiver, to obtain location information aboutthe device 100.

In some embodiments, the memory 108 may store an operating system 110,and at least one of the following modules a communications module (or aninstruction set) 112, a touch/motion module (or an instruction set) 114,a graph module (or an instruction set) 116, a telephone module 118, asound recording module 120, a video and music play module 122, and anonline audio/video module 124. The foregoing modules are software code,and the processing unit 102 reads corresponding code in the memory 108to implement functions of corresponding modules.

The operating system 110 (for example, DARWIN, RTXC, LINUX, UNIX, OS X,WINDOWS, an embedded operating system (for example, VXWORKS), ANDROID,IOS, WINDOWS Phone, SYMBIAN, BLACKBERRY OS, or WINDOWS Mobile) includesvarious software components and/or drivers configured to control andmanage a general system task (for example, memory management, storagedevice control, or power management), and is used for communicationbetween various hardware components and software components.

The communications module 112 is configured to communicate with anotherdevice using one or more external ports 156, and further includesvarious software components configured to process data received by theRF circuit 126 and/or the external port 156. The external port 156 (forexample, a USB) is configured to directly connect to another device orindirectly connect to another device using a network (for example, theInternet or a WLAN). In some embodiments, the external port 156 may be acharging interface connected to the power system 138. The charginginterface is configured to connect to a charging cable, to obtainexternal electric energy using the charging cable. Alternatively, theexternal port 156 may be a data interface. The data interface isconfigured to connect to a data cable, to obtain external data using thedata cable. It should be understood that, the external port 156 may havefunctions of both the data interface and the charging interface, andcorrespondingly, the data cable and the charging cable may be a samecable.

The touch/motion module 114 may be configured to detect a touch on thetouch display screen 136 (in combination with the display controller134) and another touch device (for example, a touchpad). Thetouch/motion module 114 may include various software componentsconfigured to perform various operations related to touch detection, forexample, determine whether there is a touch (for example, detect afinger down event), determine touch strength (for example, touchpressure or strength), determine whether there is a movement of thetouch and track the movement on a surface of the touch display screen136 (for example, detect a drag event of one or more fingers), anddetermine whether the touch already stops (for example, detect a fingerup event or a touch interruption). The touch/motion module 114 receivestouch data from the surface of the touch display screen 136. Determininga movement of a touch point may include determining a rate (a magnitude)of the touch point, a speed (a magnitude and a direction), oracceleration (a change in a magnitude and/or a direction), and themovement of the touch point is expressed as a series of touch data.These operations may be applied to a single-touch (for example, asingle-finger touch) or a simultaneous touch on a plurality of points(for example, a “multi-touch”/a multi-finger touch). In someembodiments, the touch/motion module 114 and the display controller 134detect a touch on the touchpad. In some embodiments, the touch/motionmodule 114 may determine, using a set including one or more strengththresholds, whether an operation is already performed by the user (forexample, determine whether the user already “taps” an icon). Thetouch/motion module 114 may detect a gesture input of the user.Different gestures on the surface of the touch display screen 136 havedifferent touch patterns (for example, different movements or strengthof detected touches). Therefore, a gesture may be detected by detectinga specific touch pattern. For example, detecting a finger tap gestureincludes detecting a finger down event, and then, detecting a finger up(lifting) event at a position the same as that of the finger down event(or a basically same position) (for example, at a position of an icon).For another example, detecting a finger swiping gesture on the surfaceof the touch display screen 136 includes detecting a finger down event,and then, detecting a drag event of one or more fingers, andsubsequently detecting a finger up (lifting) event.

The graph module 116 may include various software components configuredto present and display graphs on the touch display screen 136 or anotherdisplay. The software components include a component configured tochange visual impact (for example, brightness, transparency, saturation,contrast, a material, or another visual feature) of a displayed graph.In this application, the term “graph” includes any object that can bedisplayed to the user, for example, but not limited to, a text, a webpage, an icon (for example, a user interface object including a softkey), a digital image, a video, or an animation.

In some embodiments, the graph module 116 may store data indicating ato-be-displayed graph. Corresponding code may be allocated to eachgraph. The graph module 116 receives one or more pieces of code of aspecific to-be-displayed graph, and when necessary, may further receivecoordinate data and other graph attribute data, and then generatecorresponding image data to output the image data to the displaycontroller 134, to display the image data on the touch display screen136.

In combination with at least one of the RF circuit 126, the audiocircuit 128, the speaker 130, the microphone 132, the touch displayscreen 136, the display controller 156, the touch/motion module 114, andthe graph module 116, the telephone module 118 may be configured to makea call, answer a call, have a session, and disconnect or cut off whenthe session ends. As described above, the wireless communication may useany one of a plurality of communication standards, protocols, andtechnologies.

In combination with at least one of the audio circuit 128, the speaker130, the microphone 132, the touch display screen 136, the displaycontroller 156, the touch/motion module 114, and the graph module 116,the sound recording module 120 may be configured to perform soundrecording, perform exchange actions, such as start, pause, continue, andcomplete, with the user during the sound recording, and store recordedaudio data.

In combination with at least one of the touch display screen 136, thedisplay system controller 156, the touch/motion module 114, the graphmodule 116, the audio circuit 128, the speaker 130, the external port156, and the RF circuit 126, the video and music play module 122includes an executable file allowing the user to obtain and playaudio/video data stored in one or more file formats (for example, an MP3or AAC file) and another audio/video file, and is configured to display,present, or play back, in another manner, audio/video (for example, onthe touchscreen 112 or an external display connected using the externalport 156). In some embodiments, the device 100 may randomly include anaudio/video player. The video and music play module 122 may include avideo play module and a music play module.

In combination with at least one of the touch display screen 136, thedisplay system controller 156, the touch/motion module 114, the graphmodule 116, the audio circuit 128, the speaker 130, the external port156, and the RF circuit 126, the online audio/video module 124 isconfigured to access, receive (for example, perform streamingtransmission and/or download), play back (for example, on thetouchscreen or an external display connected using the external port124), and manage, in another manner, online audio/video data in one ormore file formats (for example, H.264/H.265, Adaptive Multi-RateWideband (AMR-WB), or EVS). The online audio/video module 124 mayinclude an online audio module and an online video module.

The memory 108 may further include a video conferencing module, an emailclient module, an instant messaging module, a camera module used for astatic image or a video image, a text processing application module, animage editing module, a drawing module, a JAVA enabling module, anencryption module, a digital rights management module, a voicerecognition module, or a sound reproduction module.

Each of the foregoing modules and application programs may be configuredto perform a method described in this application, or may be used as amodule corresponding to a method described in this application. Thesemodules (that is, instruction sets) do not need to be implemented asindependent software programs, processes, or modules. Therefore, subgroups of these modules may be randomly combined or rearranged inanother manner in the embodiments. In some embodiments, the memory 108randomly stores the sub groups of the foregoing modules. The foregoingmodules and application programs in the memory may be similarlyimplemented using an integrated circuit or a combination of software andhardware. In addition, the memory 108 randomly stores an additionalmodule and a data structure that are not described above.

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a computer device 100according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG.2, the computer device may include a touch display screen 136, a pressbutton 202 configured to turn on/off the computer device 100 and lockthe computer device 100, a subscriber identity module (SIM) card slot, aheadset jack 204, an external port 156, and one or two volume adjustmentbuttons 206 (including a volume up button and a volume down button, whenthere is one volume adjustment button, different positions on the volumeadjustment button may be pressed to respectively implement a function ofincreasing a volume and a function of reducing a volume, therefore, inthe present disclosure, when there is one volume adjustment button, theone volume adjustment button may also be understood as having both avolume up button and a volume down button). The touch display screen 136may display one or more graphs. For the press button 202, the button maybe pressed and the button may remain in a pressed state within apredefined time interval, to turn on/off the computer device 100, or forthe press button 202, the button may be pressed and the button may bereleased before a predefined time interval is reached, to lock thedevice, and the press button 202 may be further configured to unlock thedevice or start an unlock process. In some embodiments, the computerdevice 100 may further receive an electrical signal that is obtained bythe microphone 132 by converting an acoustic wave. In some embodiments,the computer device 100 may further include one or more physical buttons(or referred to as physical buttons), for example, a “home” or menubutton.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a logical structure of a terminal 300according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The terminal 300includes a detection module 302, a transmission module 304, and adisplay module 306. It should be understood that, the modules in theterminal 300 may be implemented through software programming or may beimplemented using a hardware circuit, or some modules may be implementedthrough software programming, and the other modules may be implementedusing a hardware circuit. It should be understood that, the terminal 300may be the computer device 100 in FIG. 1. Further, a screen of theterminal 300 may be the touch display screen 136.

The detection module 302 is configured to detect whether the terminal300 is currently connected to an external device.

The transmission module 304 is configured to, when the detection module302 detects that the terminal 300 is currently connected to the externaldevice, transmit a transmission object between the terminal and theexternal device. The display module 306 is configured to, when thetransmission module 304 transmits the transmission object between theterminal 300 and the external device, display a progress graph and atransmission dynamic animation on the screen of the terminal 300, wherethe progress graph is used to indicate a current transmission progressof the transmission object. The transmission dynamic animation includesan object graph that moves from a start position on the screen to an endposition on the screen and disappears at the end position, and theobject graph is used to indicate the transmission object. When atransmission direction of the transmission object is from the externaldevice to the terminal 300, the start position may be a position on thescreen that corresponds to the external device, and the end position maybe a position of the progress graph, or when a transmission direction ofthe transmission object is from the terminal 300 to the external device,the end position may be a position on the screen that corresponds to theexternal device, and the start position may be a position of theprogress graph. The start position may be a point, a line, or an area.The end position may be a point, a line, or an area. It should be notedthat, when the transmission module 304 transmits the transmission objectbetween the terminal 300 and the external device, the display module 306displays the progress graph and the transmission dynamic animation onthe screen of the terminal 300, and when the detection module 302detects that the terminal 300 is currently connected to the externaldevice, the transmission module 304 transmits the transmission objectbetween the terminal and the external device. Therefore, in some cases(for example, when the transmission of the transmission object betweenthe terminal 300 and the external device has same technical essence asthe current connection between the terminal 300 and the externaldevice), that when the transmission module 304 transmits thetransmission object between the terminal 300 and the external device,the display module 306 displays the progress graph and the transmissiondynamic animation on the screen of the terminal 300 may also beunderstood as that when the detection module 302 detects that theterminal 300 is currently connected to the external device, the displaymodule 306 displays the progress graph and the transmission dynamicanimation on the screen of the terminal 300.

In a specific implementation process, the display module 306 may be thegraph module 116 in FIG. 1, to display the progress graph, thetransmission dynamic animation, or another picture on the screen of theterminal 300. Alternatively, in a specific implementation process, thedisplay module 306 may not be the graph module 116 in FIG. 1, and thedisplay module 306 may determine graph data corresponding to theprogress graph, the transmission dynamic animation, or another picture,and send the graph data to the screen of the terminal 300 for display.

In some embodiments, when the transmission starts, there are arelatively small quantity (for example, a quantity is less than a presetthreshold, or a quantity is a preset value) of object graphs that appearat the start position in the transmission dynamic animation. During thetransmission, the quantity of object graphs that appear at the startposition in the transmission dynamic animation gradually increases.

In some embodiments, a graph may be displayed at the end position toidentify the start position, and that the object graph in thetransmission dynamic animation moves to the end position on the screenand disappears at the end position may include the object graph moves tothe end position on the screen, and is fused with the graph displayed atthe end position.

In some embodiments, the display module 306 may be further configured towhen the transmission object is all transmitted, display a completiondynamic picture, where the completion dynamic picture may include adynamic picture showing that a remaining object graph that is alreadydisplayed in the object graph and does not disappear moves to the endposition and then disappears at the end position, or the completiondynamic picture may include a dynamic picture showing that the remainingobject graph moves to the start position and then disappears at thestart position.

In the completion dynamic picture, a new object graph may no longerappear at the start position.

In some embodiments, in the completion dynamic picture, transparency ofthe remaining object graph may gradually increase and then the remainingobject graph may disappear (for example, the disappearance may beunderstood as that the transparency of the object graph is 100%), or inthe completion dynamic picture, a color of the remaining object graphmay change to a preset completion color.

In some embodiments, the display module 306 may be further configured towhen the transmission of the transmission object is paused, display apause picture showing that the remaining object graph that is alreadydisplayed in the object graph and does not disappear stops moving.Transparency of the remaining object graph in the pause picture may begreater than transparency of the object graph in the transmissiondynamic animation. In the pause picture, a new object graph may nolonger appear at the start position.

In the pause picture, a case in which the transparency of the remainingobject graph in the pause picture may be greater than the transparencyof the object graph in the transmission dynamic animation may includethe transparency of the remaining object graph in the pause picturegradually increases to preset transparency.

In some embodiments, the display module 306 may be further configuredto, when the transmission of the transmission object is interrupted,display a dynamic picture showing that the remaining object graph movesto the end position and then disappears at the end position. Further, inthe dynamic picture, a new object graph may no longer appear at thestart position.

In some embodiments, the display module 306 may be further configured towhen the transmission of the transmission object is paused orinterrupted, display a picture showing that the remaining object graphstops moving.

In some embodiments, the display module 306 may be further configured towhen the transmission of the transmission object is resumed, display adynamic picture showing that the remaining object graph moves to the endposition and then disappears at the end position. In the dynamicpicture, a new object graph may appear at the start position.

When the transmission of the transmission object is resumed, thetransparency of the remaining object graph may be resumed totransparency (for example, the transparency is 0%) used before thetransmission of the transmission object is paused or interrupted.

In some embodiments, the display module 306 may be further configured todisplay the transmission dynamic animation within preset duration. Thepreset duration may be 1 second to 10 seconds, for example, 3 seconds.Within the preset duration, all object graphs in the transmissiondynamic animation move to the end position and then disappear at the endposition.

In some embodiments, the display module 306 may be configured to displaythe completion dynamic picture within preset duration. The presetduration may be 1 second to 10 seconds, for example, 3 seconds.

In some embodiments, the external device may include a charging device,the transmission object may include electric energy, and that theterminal 300 is currently connected to the external device may includethat the terminal 300 is currently connected to the charging deviceusing a charging cable or through wireless charging.

That the transmission object includes electric energy may be furtherunderstood as that the transmission object includes a current or anelectricity quantity.

When the terminal 300 is currently connected to the charging deviceusing the charging cable, the charging device may be a mobile powersupply, and the charging cable is electrically connected to both themobile power supply and the terminal 300. A manner in which the chargingcable is connected to the terminal 300 may be that the charging cable isplugged in a charging interface (for example, the charging interface inthe embodiment corresponding to FIG. 1) to be electrically connected tothe terminal 300. Alternatively, the charging device may be a powersystem, and the charging cable is electrically connected to both atransformer and the terminal 300. A manner in which the charging cableis connected to the terminal 300 may be that the charging cable isplugged in the charging interface (for example, the charging interfacein the embodiment corresponding to FIG. 1) to be electrically connectedto the terminal 300, and the transformer may be electrically connectedto a socket of the power system.

When the terminal 300 is currently connected to the charging devicethrough wireless charging, the charging device may be a wireless charger(or referred to as a wireless charging cradle). Further, a wirelesscharging receiver (for example, the wireless charging receiver in theembodiment corresponding to FIG. 1) of the terminal 300 may be in awireless connection to the wireless charger.

The detection module 302 may be configured to detect whether theterminal 300 approaches the wireless charger and is in a chargingstatus. When it is detected that the terminal 300 approaches thewireless charger and is in the charging status, it may indicate that theterminal 300 is currently connected to the charging device throughwireless charging. Alternatively, the detection module 302 may beconfigured to detect whether the terminal 300 is in a wireless chargingstatus. When the terminal 300 is in the wireless charging status, it mayindicate that the terminal 300 is currently connected to the chargingdevice through wireless charging.

When the terminal 300 is currently connected to the charging deviceusing the charging cable, the start position may be on a boundary of thescreen, the start position and the charging interface of the terminal300 may be on a same side of a center of the screen, and the startposition may be in a plug direction of the charging interface, and theend position may be the position of the progress graph, or when theterminal 300 is currently connected to the charging device throughwireless charging, the start position may be on a boundary of thescreen, and the start position may be on each of two sides of thescreen, and the end position may be the position of the progress graph.

The detection module 302 may be configured to detect whether thecharging cable is plugged in the charging interface of the terminal 300and whether the terminal 300 obtains electric energy using the charginginterface. When the charging cable is plugged in the charging interfaceof the terminal 300 and the terminal 300 obtains electric energy usingthe charging interface, it may indicate that the terminal 300 iscurrently connected to the charging device using the charging cable. Thedetection module 302 may be configured to detect whether the terminal300 obtains electric energy using the wireless charging receiver. Whenthe terminal 300 obtains electric energy using a wireless charger, itmay indicate that the terminal 300 is currently connected to thecharging device through wireless charging.

The transmission module 304 may be the power system 138 in FIG. 1, andis configured to, when the terminal 300 is connected to the chargingdevice, receive electric energy transmitted by the charging device tothe terminal 300.

The progress graph may be a circle, and a current radius of the progressgraph may be in a positive correlation with a current electricityquantity of the terminal 300. To be specific, in the transmissiondynamic animation, as the object graph continuously disappears at theposition of the progress graph, a radius of the progress graph graduallyincreases.

Alternatively, the progress graph may be a graph of another size or agraph of a fixed area, and the current electricity quantity of theterminal 300 is indicated using a change in a value of a number or afill effect. The current electricity quantity may be expressed as apercentage of a full charge capacity of a battery.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an interface of the terminal 300 whenthe terminal 300 is currently connected to the charging device using thecharging cable, and may be used to describe the transmission dynamicanimation. An object graph 404, a progress graph 402, and a startposition 406 are shown in FIG. 4. In FIG. 4, the progress graphindicates that the current electricity quantity of the terminal 300 is25%, and a remaining charging time of 20 minutes is further displayed inthe interface in FIG. 4.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of an interface of the terminal 300 whenthe terminal 300 is currently connected to the charging device throughwireless charging, and may be used to describe the transmission dynamicanimation. An object graph 504 and a progress graph 502 are shown inFIG. 5. In FIG. 5, the progress graph indicates that the currentelectricity quantity of the terminal 300 is 65%, and a remainingcharging time of 12 minutes is further displayed in the interface inFIG. 5.

At least one of a current moving speed of the object graph and a currentsize of the object graph is in a positive correlation with a voltagecurrently provided by the charging device, or at least one of a currentmoving speed of the object graph and a current size of the object graphis in a positive correlation with a current that is input into theterminal.

When the current electricity quantity of the terminal 300 is less thanor equal to a preset low-electricity-quantity threshold, a color of theobject graph may be a preset color indicating a low electricityquantity, or when the current electricity quantity of the terminal 300is greater than the low-electricity-quantity threshold and is less thana preset high-electricity-quantity threshold, a color of the objectgraph may be a preset color indicating a medium electricity quantity, orwhen the current electricity quantity of the terminal 300 is greaterthan or equal to the high-electricity-quantity threshold, a color of theobject graph may be a preset color indicating a high electricityquantity.

The low-electricity-quantity threshold may be 20% (indicating 20% of thefull charge capacity of the battery), and the color indicating a lowelectricity quantity may be red, the high-electricity-quantity thresholdmay be 40%, the color indicating a medium electricity quantity may beorange, and the color indicating a high electricity quantity may begreen. Red, green, and orange may be further divided into differentshades of red, different shades of green, and different shades oforange, to more accurately indicate the current electricity quantity.

In some embodiments, the external device may include a storage devicehaving a communication function, the transmission object may includedata information, that the terminal 300 is currently connected to theexternal device may include the terminal 300 is currently in a wirelessconnection to the storage device, and the position on the screen thatcorresponds to the external device may include a position of a radiosignal icon on the screen.

The progress graph is used to indicate a current transmission progressof the data information of the terminal 300.

That the terminal 300 is currently in a wireless connection to thestorage device may include an application download scenario, anapplication update scenario, or a scenario of file transmission betweenterminals. Correspondingly, the detection module 302 may be configuredto detect a scenario that the terminal 300 is in.

The radio signal icon may be used to indicate a current manner in whichthe terminal 300 performs wireless communication, and the radio signalicon may be a fourth generation (4G) icon, a BLUETOOTH icon, or a WI-FIicon, respectively used to indicate 4G (or LTE) transmission, BLUETOOTHtransmission, or WI-FI transmission. For the manner of the wirelesscommunication, refer to descriptions about the RF circuit 126, anddetails are not described herein again.

The detection module 302 may be the communications module 112 in FIG. 1,and the detection module 302 may be configured to detect whether the RFcircuit 126 receives the data information. Alternatively, the detectionmodule may not be the communications module 112. When the communicationsmodule 112 detects that the RF circuit 126 receives the datainformation, the communications module 112 may notify the detectionmodule 302, and the detection module 302 may be configured to detectwhether that the communications module 112 obtains the data informationis learned of. When the detection module 302 is not the communicationsmodule 112, the detection module 302 may be configured to directlydetect whether the RF circuit 126 receives the data information. Whenthe RF circuit 126 receives the data information, it may indicate thatthe terminal 300 is currently in a wireless connection to the storagedevice.

The transmission module 304 may be the communications module 112 in FIG.1, and is configured to, when the terminal 300 is connected to thestorage device, transmit the data information between the terminal 300and the storage device.

At least one of a current moving speed of the object graph and a currentsize of the object graph may be in a positive correlation with a currenttransmission speed of the data information.

When the terminal 300 is in the application download scenario or theapplication update scenario, the data information may be an installationfile of an application or an update file of the application, atransmission direction of the data information is from the externaldevice to the terminal 300, the progress graph may be an icon for adownload status of the application or an icon for an update status ofthe application, the icon for the download status is used to display acurrent download progress, and the icon for the update status is used todisplay a current update progress. The storage device may be a server.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of an interface of the terminal 300 in thescenario of file transmission between terminals, and may be used todescribe the transmission dynamic animation. An object graph 604 and aprogress graph 602 are shown in FIG. 6. In FIG. 6, the progress graphindicates the current transmission progress of transmission of the datainformation (for example, a file) by the terminal 300 to the storagedevice (for example, another terminal). It should be understood that, ina scenario in which the terminal 300 receives the file, the progressgraph may be used to indicate a current process of receiving of the datainformation by the terminal 300 from the storage device. In FIG. 6, theprogress graph 602 indicates that the current transmission progress ofthe transmission of the data information by the terminal to the storagedevice is 56%, and in FIG. 6, a wireless connection manner is aBLUETOOTH connection. Therefore, the start position in FIG. 6 is aposition of a BLUETOOTH icon.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of an interface of the terminal 300 whenthe terminal 300 is in the application download scenario or theapplication update scenario, and may be used to describe thetransmission dynamic animation. An object graph 704 and a progress graph702 are shown in FIG. 7. In FIG. 7, the progress graph may be the iconfor the download status of the application or the icon for the updatestatus of the application, and is used to indicate the current downloador update progress. In FIG. 7, a connection manner is a WI-FIconnection. Therefore, in FIG. 7, the start position is a position of aWI-FI icon.

It should be understood that, when the modules in the terminal 300 areimplemented through software programming, a memory of the terminal 300(when the terminal 300 is the computer device 100, the memory of theterminal 300 is the memory 108) may store code corresponding to themodules in the terminal 300, and data required by the modules in theterminal 300 to perform corresponding functions. Further, the memory ofthe terminal 300 may store a preset rule (for example, a display rule tobe executed by the display module 306).

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a logical structure of a terminal 800according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The terminal 800includes a display module 802 and a detection module 804. It should beunderstood that, the modules in the terminal 800 may be implementedthrough software programming or may be implemented using a hardwarecircuit, or some modules may be implemented through softwareprogramming, and the other modules may be implemented using a hardwarecircuit. It should be understood that, the terminal 800 may be thecomputer device 100 in FIG. 1. Further, a screen of the terminal 800 maybe the touch display screen 136.

The display module 802 may be configured to, when the terminal 800establishes a telephone connection to another terminal, display aprofile picture on the screen of the terminal 800, where the profilepicture is used to indicate the other terminal.

The detection module 804 may be configured to detect whether audio dataused to indicate a telephone voice of a user of the terminal 800 isreceived. In a specific implementation process, the detection module 804may be the telephone module 118 in FIG. 1, and the detection module 804may be configured to detect whether the audio data obtained by the audiocircuit 128 (or the RF circuit 126) is obtained, or the detection module804 may not be the telephone module 118, and when the telephone module118 obtains the audio data obtained by the audio circuit 128 (or the RFcircuit 126), the telephone module 118 may notify the detection module804, and the detection module 804 may be configured to detect whetherthat the telephone module 118 obtains the audio data is learned of. Whenthe detection module 804 may not be the telephone module 118, thedetection module 804 may directly detect whether the audio circuit 128(or the RF circuit 126) obtains the audio data.

The display module 802 may be further configured to when the detectionmodule 804 detects that the terminal 800 receives the audio data,display a transmission dynamic animation on the screen, where thetransmission dynamic animation may include a dynamic picture showingthat an object graph appears at a start position on the screen, and theobject graph moves to a position of the profile picture and thendisappears at the position of the profile picture, and the object graphis used to indicate the audio data.

In some embodiments, the display module 802 may be further configured towhen the detection module 804 detects that the terminal 800 currentlyreceives no audio data of the telephone voice, display a dynamic pictureshowing that a remaining object graph that is already displayed in theobject graph and does not disappear moves to the position of the profilepicture and then disappears at the position of the profile picture. Inaddition, in the dynamic picture, a new object graph may no longerappear at the start position.

In a specific implementation process, the display module 802 may be thegraph module 116 in FIG. 1, to display the profile picture, thetransmission dynamic animation, or another picture on the screen of theterminal 800. Alternatively, in a specific implementation process, thedisplay module 802 may not be the graph module 116 in FIG. 1, and thedisplay module 802 may determine graph data corresponding to the profilepicture, the transmission dynamic animation, or another picture, andsend the graph data to the screen of the terminal 800 for display.

In some embodiments, when the audio data is from a device that has amicrophone and that is in a wireless connection to the terminal 800, thestart position may be a position of a radio signal icon on the screen,or when the audio data is from a device that has a microphone and thatis in a wired connection to the terminal 800 using a headset jack of theterminal 800, the start position may be on a boundary of the screen, thestart position and the headset jack may be on a same side of a center ofthe screen, and the start position may be in a plug direction of theheadset jack, or when the audio data is from a microphone of theterminal 800, the start position may be on a boundary of the screen, andthe start position and the microphone of the terminal 800 may be on asame side of a center of the screen. That the audio data is from themicrophone of the terminal 800 may mean that the audio data is from theaudio circuit 128, and the audio circuit 128 converts an electricalsignal that is from the microphone 132, to obtain the audio data.

The detection module 804 may be configured to detect whether the audiodata is from the RF circuit 126. When the audio data is from the RFcircuit, it may indicate that the audio data is from the device that hasa microphone and that is in a wireless connection to the terminal 800.The detection module 804 may be configured to detect whether the audiodata is from the headset jack. When the audio data is from the headsetjack, it may indicate that the audio data is from the device that has amicrophone and that is in a wired connection to the terminal 800 usingthe headset jack of the terminal 800.

In a specific implementation process, when the device that has amicrophone is connected to the terminal 800 using the headset jack, thedevice that has a microphone may be removable audio input/outputperipheral equipment, for example, a headset, acoustic equipment, or apublic play device, described in the embodiment corresponding to FIG. 1.

In some embodiments, there may be at least two object graphs.

In some embodiments, the display module 802 may be further configuredto, when a call on the telephone connection is completed, display acompletion dynamic picture, where the completion dynamic picture mayinclude a dynamic picture showing that a remaining object graph that isalready displayed in the object graph and does not disappear moves tothe position of the profile picture and then disappears at the positionof the profile picture, or the completion dynamic picture may include adynamic picture showing that the remaining object graph moves to thestart position and then disappears at the start position. In thecompletion dynamic picture, a new object graph may no longer appear atthe start position.

In the completion dynamic picture, transparency of the remaining objectgraph may gradually increase and then the remaining object graph maydisappear, or in the completion dynamic picture, a color of theremaining object graph may change to a preset completion color.

In some embodiments, a current moving speed of the object graph may bein a positive correlation with a current speaking speed of the telephonevoice, or a current size of the object graph may be in a negativecorrelation with a current speaking speed of the telephone voice, and ahigher current speaking speed of the telephone voice indicates a smallercurrent size of the object graph.

In some embodiments, when a current frequency of the telephone voice isless than or equal to a preset low-frequency threshold, a shape of theobject graph may be a preset low-frequency shape, or when a currentfrequency of the telephone voice is greater than the low-frequencythreshold and is less than a preset high-frequency threshold, a shape ofthe object graph may be a preset intermediate-frequency shape, or when acurrent frequency of the telephone voice is greater than or equal to thehigh-frequency threshold, a shape of the object graph may be a presethigh-frequency shape. For example, the high-frequency shape may be atriangle, the intermediate-frequency shape may be a star shape, and thelow-frequency shape may be a circle.

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of an interface of the terminal 800 whenthe terminal 800 establishes the telephone connection to the otherterminal, and may be used to describe the transmission dynamicanimation. A profile picture 902, an object graph 904, and a startposition 906 are shown in FIG. 9. In FIG. 9, the terminal 800 mayreceive the audio data using the microphone of the terminal 800. Theobject graph 904 includes a circle, a star shape, and a triangle, toindicate a frequency attribute of the audio data. In FIG. 9, themicrophone of the terminal 800 is below the start position 906.

It should be understood that, when the modules in the terminal 800 areimplemented through software programming, a memory of the terminal 800(when the terminal 800 is the computer device 100, the memory of theterminal 800 is the memory 108) may store code corresponding to themodules in the terminal 800, and data required by the modules in theterminal 800 to perform corresponding functions. Further, the memory ofthe terminal 800 may store a preset rule (for example, a display rule tobe executed by the display module 802).

It should be understood that, the terminal 300 and the terminal 800 maybe a same device. For same or similar technical content in the terminal800, refer to implementation of the terminal 300, and details are notdescribed herein again.

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a logical structure of a terminal 1000according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The terminal 1000includes a display module 1002 and a detection module 1004. It should beunderstood that, the modules in the terminal 1000 may be implementedthrough software programming or may be implemented using a hardwarecircuit, or some modules may be implemented through softwareprogramming, and the other modules may be implemented using a hardwarecircuit. It should be understood that, the terminal 1000 may be thecomputer device 100 in FIG. 1. Further, a screen of the terminal 1000may be the touch display screen 136.

The display module 1002 may be configured to, when music correspondingto audio data is played, display a disc graph on the screen of theterminal 1000, where the disc graph is used to indicate the music. In aspecific implementation process, when starting to play the music, thevideo and music play module 122 (or the music play module in the videoand music play module) may instruct the display module 1002 to displaythe disc graph. Alternatively, in a specific implementation process,when starting to play the music, the online audio/video module 124 (theonline audio module in the online audio/video module 124) may instructthe display module 1002 to display the disc graph. Alternatively, in aspecific implementation process, when reading code in the memory 108 toplay the music, the processing unit 102 may instruct the display module1002 to display the disc graph, or when the display module 1002 isimplemented using software code, the processing unit 102 plays the musicand displays a play graph using code (including code corresponding tothe display module 1002) in the memory 108.

Before the music corresponding to the audio data is played, the videoand music play module 122 (or the online audio/video module 124 or theprocessing unit 102) may first perform decoding to obtain the audiodata.

The detection module 1004 may be configured to detect whether theterminal 1000 currently outputs the audio data to a playback device. Ina specific implementation process, the detection module 1004 may be thevideo and music play module 122 (or the music play module in the videoand music play module) or the online audio/video module 124 (the onlineaudio module in the online audio/video module 124) in FIG. 1, and thedetection module 1004 may detect whether the audio circuit 128 (or theRF circuit) outputs the audio data to the playback device. The detectionmodule 1004 may not be the video and music play module 122 (or the musicplay module in the video and music play module), and may not be theonline audio/video module 124 (the online audio module in the onlineaudio/video module 124). When the video and music play module 122 (orthe music play module in the video and music play module) or the onlineaudio/video module 124 (the online audio module in the onlineaudio/video module 124) outputs the audio data to the playback device,the video and music play module 122 (or the music play module in thevideo and music play module) or the online audio/video module 124 (theonline audio module in the online audio/video module 124) may notify thedetection module 1004, and the detection module may be configured todetect whether that the video and music play module 122 (the music playmodule in the video and music play module) or the online audio/videomodule 124 (the online audio module in the online audio/video module124) outputs the audio data to the playback device using the audiocircuit 128 (or the RF circuit 126) is learned of. Alternatively, whenthe detection module 1004 is not the video and music play module 122 (orthe music play module in the video and music play module), and is notthe online audio/video module 124 (the online audio module in the onlineaudio/video module 124), the detection module 1004 may directly detectwhether the audio circuit 128 (or the RF circuit 126) outputs the audiodata to the playback device.

The display module 1002 may be further configured to, when the detectionmodule 1004 detects that the terminal 1000 currently outputs the audiodata to the playback device, display a transmission dynamic animation onthe screen, where the transmission dynamic animation is a dynamicpicture showing that an object graph appears at a position of the discgraph on the screen, and the object graph moves to an end position andthen disappears at the end position, and the object graph is used toindicate the audio data.

In some embodiments, the display module 1002 may not be configured todisplay the disc graph, and when the detection module 1004 detects thatthe terminal 1000 currently outputs the audio data to the playbackdevice, display, on the screen, a dynamic picture showing that theobject graph appears at a start position, and the object graph moves tothe end position and then disappears at the end position. The objectgraph is used to indicate the audio data. The start position may be apoint, a line, or an area. The start position may be preset.

In a specific implementation process, the display module 1002 may be thegraph module 116 in FIG. 1, to display the disc graph, the transmissiondynamic animation, or another picture on the screen of the terminal1000. Alternatively, in a specific implementation process, the displaymodule 1002 may not be the graph module 116 in FIG. 1, and the displaymodule 1002 may determine graph data corresponding to the disc graph,the transmission dynamic animation, or another picture, and send thegraph data to the screen of the terminal 1000 for display.

In some embodiments, when the terminal 1000 is in a wireless connectionto the playback device, and the terminal 1000 currently outputs theaudio data to the playback device, the end position may be a position ofa radio signal icon on the screen, or when the terminal 1000 is in awired connection to the playback device using a headset jack, and theterminal 1000 currently outputs the audio data to the playback device,the end position may be on a boundary of the screen of the terminal1000, the end position and the headset jack are on a same side of acenter of the screen, and the end position is in a plug direction of theheadset jack.

For example, when the terminal 1000 outputs the audio data to theplayback device through BLUETOOTH, the end position may be a position ofa BLUETOOTH icon. When the terminal 1000 outputs the audio data to theplayback device through WI-FI, the end position may be a position of aWI-FI icon.

In a specific implementation process, the detection module 1004 may beconfigured to, when the music corresponding to the audio data is played,detect whether a data cable is plugged in the headset jack. When thedata cable is plugged in the headset jack, it may indicate that theterminal 1000 is in a wired connection to the playback device using theheadset jack, and the terminal 1000 currently outputs the audio data tothe playback device. Alternatively, when the music corresponding to theaudio data is played, the detection module 1004 may detect whether adata cable is plugged in the headset jack and detect whether theterminal 1000 currently outputs the audio data to the playback deviceusing the headset jack. When the data cable is plugged in the headsetjack, and the terminal 1000 currently outputs the audio data to theplayback device using the headset jack, it may indicate that theterminal 1000 is in a wired connection to the playback device using theheadset jack, and the terminal 1000 currently outputs the audio data tothe playback device.

In a specific implementation process, when an operating system includedin the memory of the terminal 1000 is ANDROID, the detection module 1004may be configured to detect whether an event type included in an intentbroadcast message indicates that the data cable is plugged in theheadset jack (for example, whether the event type isandroid.intent.action.HEADSET_PLUG) to detect whether the data cable isplugged in the headset jack.

In some embodiments, the display module 1002 may be configured todisplay the transmission dynamic animation within preset duration. Thepreset duration may be 1 second to 10 seconds, for example, 3 seconds.Within the preset duration, all object graphs in the transmissiondynamic animation move to the end position and then disappear at the endposition.

In some embodiments, when a current frequency of the music is less thanor equal to a preset low-frequency threshold, a shape of the objectgraph may be a preset low-frequency shape, or when a current frequencyof the music is greater than the low-frequency threshold and is lessthan a preset high-frequency threshold, a shape of the object graph maybe a preset intermediate-frequency shape, or when a current frequency ofthe music is greater than or equal to the high-frequency threshold, ashape of the object graph may be a preset high-frequency shape.

In some embodiments, a current moving speed of the object graph may bein a positive correlation with a current rhythm of the music, or acurrent size of the object graph may be in a negative correlation with acurrent rhythm of the music, and a faster current rhythm of the musicindicates a smaller current size of the object graph.

In some embodiments, in the transmission dynamic animation, a quantityof object graphs that appear per second is in a positive correlationwith resolution of the audio data.

In some embodiments, the display module 1002 may be further configuredto, when the terminal 1000 currently does not output the audio data tothe playback device, display a silent dynamic picture, where the silentdynamic picture is a dynamic picture showing that a remaining objectgraph that is already displayed in the object graph and does notdisappear moves to the end position and then disappears at the endposition.

In the silent dynamic picture, a new object graph may no longer appearat the position of the disc graph.

In some embodiments, the display module 1002 may be further configuredto, when the music is paused, display a pause picture showing that theremaining object graph that is already displayed in the object graph anddoes not disappear stops moving. Transparency of the remaining objectgraph in the pause picture may be greater than transparency of theobject graph in the transmission dynamic animation. In the pausepicture, a new object graph may no longer appear at the position of thedisc graph.

In the pause picture, a case in which the transparency of the remainingobject graph in the pause picture is greater than the transparency ofthe object graph in the transmission dynamic animation may include thetransparency of the remaining object graph gradually increases to presettransparency.

In some embodiments, the display module 1002 may be further configuredto, when the play of the music is resumed, display a dynamic pictureshowing that the remaining object graph moves to the end position andthen disappears at the end position. In the dynamic picture, a newobject graph may appear at the position of the disc graph. Further, thetransparency of the remaining object graph may be resumed totransparency used before the transmission of the transmission object ispaused or interrupted.

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of an interface of the terminal 1000 whenthe terminal 1000 plays the music corresponding to the audio data, andmay be used to describe the transmission dynamic animation. A disc graph1102 and an object graph 1104 are shown in FIG. 11. In FIG. 11, theterminal 1000 receives the audio data using the headset jack of theterminal 1000. The object graph 1104 includes a circle, a star shape,and a triangle, to indicate a frequency attribute of the audio data. InFIG. 11, the headset jack of the terminal 1000 is below the startposition.

It should be understood that, when the modules in the terminal 1000 areimplemented through software programming, a memory of the terminal 1000(when the terminal 1000 is the computer device 100, the memory of theterminal 1000 is the memory 108) may store code corresponding to themodules in the terminal 1000, and data required by the modules in theterminal 1000 to perform corresponding functions. Further, the memory ofthe terminal 1000 may store a preset rule (for example, a display ruleto be executed by the display module 1002).

It should be understood that, at least two of the terminal 300, theterminal 800, and the terminal 1000 may be a same device. For same orsimilar technical content in the terminal 1000, refer to implementationof the terminal 300 or the terminal 800, and details are not describedherein again.

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of a logical structure of a terminal 1200according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The terminal 1200includes a detection module 1202 and a display module 1204. It should beunderstood that, the modules in the terminal 1200 may be implementedthrough software programming or may be implemented using a hardwarecircuit, or some modules may be implemented through softwareprogramming, and the other modules may be implemented using a hardwarecircuit. It should be understood that, the terminal 1200 may be thecomputer device 100 in FIG. 1. Further, a screen of the terminal 1200may be the touch display screen 136.

The detection module 1202 may be configured to detect whether a volumeup button of the terminal 1200 is pressed, where the volume up button isused by a user to increase a volume of the terminal 1200.

The display module 1204 may be configured to, when the detection module1202 detects that the volume up button is pressed, display a volume updynamic picture on the screen of the terminal 1200, where the volume updynamic picture is a dynamic picture showing that a volume up objectgraph appears at a start position on the screen, and the volume upobject graph moves to a volume position on the screen and thendisappears at the volume position, and the volume up object graph isused to indicate an instruction for increasing the volume.

The volume position may be preset.

The display module 1204 may be further configured to display a volumegraph on the screen of the terminal 1200, where the volume graph is usedto indicate a current volume value of the terminal 1200, and the volumeposition is a position of the volume graph.

The display module 1204 may be further configured to obtain the currentvolume value of the terminal 1200.

The display module 1204 may be further configured to obtain the startposition and the volume position. The start position and the volumeposition may be preset. Further, the display module 1204 may be furtherconfigured to obtain, based on a preset correspondence, the startposition and the volume position that correspond to an event type (or anevent identifier) of an event used to indicate that the volume up buttonis pressed.

In a specific implementation process, the display module 1204 may be thegraph module 116 in FIG. 1, to display the volume graph, the volume updynamic picture, or another picture on the screen of the terminal 1200.Alternatively, in a specific implementation process, the display module1204 may not be the graph module 116 in FIG. 1, and the display module1204 may determine graph data corresponding to the volume graph, thevolume up dynamic picture, or another picture, and send the graph datato the screen of the terminal 1200 for display.

In some embodiments, the start position is on a boundary of the screenof the terminal 1200, the start position and the volume up button of theterminal 1200 are on a same side of a center of the screen, and thestart position is in a press direction of the volume up button.

In some embodiments, the detection module 1202 may be further configuredto detect whether a volume down button of the terminal 1200 is pressed,where the volume up button is used by the user to reduce the volume ofthe terminal 1200. Correspondingly, the display module 1204 may befurther configured to when the detection module 1202 detects that thevolume down button is pressed, display a volume down dynamic picture onthe screen, where the volume down dynamic picture is a dynamic pictureshowing that a volume down object graph appears at the volume position,and the volume down object graph moves to an end position on the screenof the terminal 1200 and then disappears at the end position, and thevolume down object graph is used to indicate an instruction for reducingthe volume.

The display module 1204 may be further configured to obtain the endposition. The end position may be preset. Further, the display module1204 may be further configured to obtain, based on a presetcorrespondence, the end position and the volume position (if the volumeposition is already obtained, the volume position may not be obtained)that correspond to an event type (or an event identifier) of an eventused to indicate that the volume down button is pressed.

The end position may be on a boundary of the screen of the terminal1200, the end position and the volume down button of the terminal 1200may be on a same side of the center of the screen, and the end positionmay be in a press direction of the volume down button.

When the volume down button is pressed once, a quantity of volume downobject graphs that appear at the position of the volume graph in thevolume down dynamic picture is a preset quantity.

In some embodiments, the volume graph may be a circle, and a currentradius of the volume graph may be in a positive correlation with thecurrent volume of the terminal 1200. When the current volume of theterminal 1200 is a minimum volume of the terminal, the minimum volumeindicates muteness. The volume graph may include a symbol indicatingmuteness.

In some embodiments, when the volume up button is pressed once, aquantity of volume up object graphs that appear at the start position inthe volume up dynamic picture is a preset quantity.

FIG. 13A is a schematic diagram of an interface of the terminal 1200when the terminal 1200 detects that the volume up button is pressed, andmay be used to describe the volume up dynamic picture. A volume graph1304, a volume up object graph 1302, and a start position 1306 are shownin FIG. 13A. In FIG. 13A, the current volume indicated by the volumegraph is 6, and the start position 1306 is near the volume up button.

FIG. 13B is a schematic diagram of an interface of the terminal 1200when the terminal 1200 detects that the volume down button is pressed,and may be used to describe the volume down dynamic picture. A volumedown object graph 1310 and an end position 1308 are shown in FIG. 13B.In FIG. 13B, the end position 1308 is near the volume down button.

It should be understood that, when the modules in the terminal 1200 areimplemented through software programming, a memory of the terminal 1200(when the terminal 1200 is the computer device 100, the memory of theterminal 1200 is the memory 108) may store code corresponding to themodules in the terminal 1200, and data required by the modules in theterminal 1200 to perform corresponding functions. Further, the memory ofthe terminal 1200 may store a preset rule (for example, a display ruleto be executed by the display module 1204).

It should be understood that, at least two of the terminal 300, theterminal 800, the terminal 1000, and the terminal 1200 may be a samedevice. For same or similar technical content in the terminal 1200,refer to implementation of the terminal 300, the terminal 800, or theterminal 1000, and details are not described herein again.

FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram of a logical structure of a terminal 1400according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The terminal 1400includes a display module 1402 and a detection module 1404. It should beunderstood that, the modules in the terminal 1400 may be implementedthrough software programming or may be implemented using a hardwarecircuit, or some modules may be implemented through softwareprogramming, and the other modules may be implemented using a hardwarecircuit. It should be understood that, the terminal 1400 may be thecomputer device 100 in FIG. 1. Further, a screen of the terminal 1400may be the touch display screen 136.

The display module 1402 may be configured to display a sound recordinggraph on the screen of the terminal 1400, where the sound recordinggraph is used to indicate that a sound recording interface is opened.

The detection module 1404 may be configured to detect whether theterminal 1400 receives audio data used to indicate a voice of a user ofthe terminal 1400. In a specific implementation process, the detectionmodule 1404 may be the sound recording module 120 in FIG. 1, and thedetection module 1404 may be configured to detect whether the audio dataobtained by the audio circuit 128 (or the RF circuit 126) is obtained,or the detection module 1404 may not be the sound recording module 120,and when the sound recording module 120 obtains the audio data obtainedby the audio circuit 128 (or the RF circuit 126), the sound recordingmodule 120 notifies the detection module 1404, and the detection module1404 may be configured to detect whether that the sound recording module120 obtains the audio data is learned of. When the detection module 1404may not be the sound recording module 120, the detection module 1404 maydirectly detect whether the audio circuit 128 (or the RF circuit 126)obtains the audio data. The detection module 1404 may be configured to,after detecting that the user enables a sound recording function, detectwhether the terminal 1400 receives the audio data used to indicate thevoice of the user of the terminal 1400.

The display module 1402 may be further configured to, when the detectionmodule 1404 detects that the terminal 1400 receives the audio data,display a transmission dynamic animation on the screen, where thetransmission dynamic animation is a dynamic picture showing that anobject graph appears at a start position on the screen, and the objectgraph moves to the sound recording graph and then disappears at aposition of the sound recording graph, and the object graph is used toindicate the audio data.

In a specific implementation process, the display module 1402 may be thegraph module 116 in FIG. 1 to display the sound recording graph, thetransmission dynamic animation, or another picture on the screen of theterminal 1400. Alternatively, in a specific implementation process, thedisplay module 1402 may not be the graph module 116 in FIG. 1, and thedisplay module 1402 may determine graph data corresponding to the soundrecording graph, the transmission dynamic animation, or another picture,and send the graph data to the screen of the terminal 1400 for display.

In some embodiments, when the audio data is from a device that has amicrophone and that is in a wireless connection to the terminal 1400,the start position may be a position of a radio signal icon on thescreen, or when the audio data is from a device that has a microphoneand that is in a wired connection to the terminal 1400 using a headsetjack of the terminal 1400, the start position may be on a boundary ofthe screen, the start position and the headset jack of the terminal 1400may be on a same side of a center of the screen, and the start positionmay be in a plug direction of the headset jack, or when the audio datais from a microphone of the terminal 1400, the start position is on aboundary of the screen of the terminal 1400, and the start position andthe microphone of the terminal 1400 may be on a same side of a center ofthe screen.

The microphone of the terminal 1400 may include at least twomicrophones, and when the audio data is from any one of the at least twomicrophones, the start position and the any one of the microphones maybe on a same side of the center of the screen. Correspondingly, thedetection module 1404 may be configured to detect that the audio data isfrom which of the at least two microphones.

In some embodiments, there may be at least two object graphs.

In some embodiments, the display module 1402 may be further configuredto, when the sound recording function is completed or when the soundrecording function is paused, display a completion dynamic picture,where the completion dynamic picture is a dynamic picture showing that aremaining object graph that is already displayed in the object graph anddoes not disappear moves to the position of the sound recording graphand then disappears at the position of the sound recording graph, or thecompletion dynamic picture is a dynamic picture showing that theremaining object graph moves to the start position and then disappearsat the start position. In the completion dynamic picture, a new objectgraph may no longer appear at the start position.

In some embodiments, the display module 1402 may be further configuredto when the terminal 1400 fails in audio reception, display thecompletion dynamic picture.

In some embodiments, a current moving speed of the object graph may bein a positive correlation with a current speaking speed of the voice, ora current size of the object graph may be in a negative correlation witha current speaking speed of the voice, and a higher current speakingspeed of the voice indicates a smaller current size of the object graph.

In some embodiments, when a current frequency of the voice is less thanor equal to a preset low-frequency threshold, a shape of the objectgraph may be a preset low-frequency shape, or when a current frequencyof the voice is greater than the low-frequency threshold and is lessthan a preset high-frequency threshold, a shape of the object graph maybe a preset intermediate-frequency shape, or when a current frequency ofthe voice is greater than or equal to the high-frequency threshold, ashape of the object graph may be a preset high-frequency shape.

It should be understood that, when the modules in the terminal 1400 areimplemented through software programming, a memory of the terminal 1400(when the terminal 1400 is the computer device 100, the memory of theterminal 1400 is the memory 108) may store code corresponding to themodules in the terminal 1400, and data required by the modules in theterminal 1400 to perform corresponding functions. Further, the memory ofthe terminal 1400 may store a preset rule (for example, a display ruleto be executed by the display module 1402).

FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram of an interface of the terminal 1400 whenthe terminal 1400 performs sound recording, and may be used to describethe transmission dynamic animation. A sound recording graph 1502, anobject graph 1504, and a start position 1506 are shown in FIG. 15. InFIG. 15, the terminal 1400 may receive the audio data using themicrophone of the terminal 1400. The object graph 1504 includes acircle, a star shape, and a triangle, to indicate a frequency attributeof the audio data. In FIG. 15, the microphone of the terminal 1400 isbelow the start position 1506.

It should be understood that, at least two of the terminal 300, theterminal 800, the terminal 1000, the terminal 1200, and the terminal1400 may be a same device. For same or similar technical content in theterminal 1400, refer to implementation of the terminal 300, the terminal800, the terminal 1000, or the terminal 1200, and details are notdescribed herein again.

FIG. 16 is a schematic flowchart of an information display method. Themethod may be performed by the terminal 300, and steps of the method areas follows.

Step 1601: Detect whether the terminal is currently connected to anexternal device.

Step 1602: When the terminal is currently connected to the externaldevice, transmit a transmission object between the terminal and theexternal device.

Step 1603: When the transmission object is transmitted between theterminal and the external device, display a progress graph and atransmission dynamic animation on a screen of the terminal, where theprogress graph is used to indicate a current transmission progress ofthe transmission object, the transmission dynamic animation includes anobject graph that moves from a start position on the screen to an endposition on the screen and disappears at the end position, and theobject graph is used to indicate the transmission object. When atransmission direction of the transmission object is from the externaldevice to the terminal, the start position may be a preset position onthe screen that corresponds to the external device, and the end positionmay be a position of the progress graph, or when a transmissiondirection of the transmission object is from the terminal to theexternal device, the end position may be a position on the screen thatcorresponds to the external device, and the start position may be aposition of the progress graph.

In some embodiments, there may be at least two object graphs.

In some embodiments, the method may further include when thetransmission object is all transmitted, displaying a completion dynamicpicture, where the completion dynamic picture may include a dynamicpicture showing that a remaining object graph that is already displayedin the object graph and does not disappear moves to the end position andthen disappears at the end position, or the completion dynamic picturemay include a dynamic picture showing that the remaining object graphmoves to the start position and then disappears at the start position.In the completion dynamic picture, a new object graph may no longerappear at the start position.

In the completion dynamic picture, transparency of the remaining objectgraph may gradually increase and then the remaining object graph maydisappear, or in the completion dynamic picture, a color of theremaining object graph may change to a preset completion color.

In some embodiments, the method may further include, when thetransmission of the transmission object is paused, displaying a pausepicture showing that the remaining object graph that is alreadydisplayed in the object graph and does not disappear stops moving.Transparency of the remaining object graph in the pause picture may begreater than transparency of the object graph in the transmissiondynamic animation. In the pause picture, a new object graph may nolonger appear at the start position.

In some embodiments, the method may further include, when thetransmission of the transmission object is resumed, displaying a dynamicpicture showing that the remaining object graph moves to the endposition and then disappears at the end position. In the dynamicpicture, a new object graph may appear at the start position.

In some embodiments, the displaying a transmission dynamic animation mayinclude displaying the transmission dynamic animation within presetduration.

In some embodiments, the displaying a completion dynamic picture mayinclude displaying the completion dynamic picture within presetduration.

In some embodiments, the external device may include a charging device,the transmission object may include electric energy, and that theterminal is currently connected to the external device may include thatthe terminal is currently connected to the charging device using acharging cable or through wireless charging. When the terminal iscurrently connected to the charging device using the charging cable, thestart position may be on a boundary of the screen, the start positionand a charging interface of the terminal may be on a same side of acenter of the screen, and the start position may be in a plug directionof the charging interface, and the end position may be the position ofthe progress graph, or when the terminal is currently connected to thecharging device through wireless charging, the start position may be ona boundary of the screen, and the start position may be on each of twosides of the screen (it means that there are start positions on bothsides), and the end position may be the position of the progress graph.

The progress graph may be a circle, and a current radius of the progressgraph may be in a positive correlation with a current electricityquantity of the terminal.

At least one of a current moving speed of the object graph and a currentsize of the object graph may be in a positive correlation with a voltagecurrently provided by the charging device, or at least one of a currentmoving speed of the object graph and a current size of the object graphmay be in a positive correlation with a current that is input into theterminal.

When the current electricity quantity of the terminal is less than orequal to a preset low-electricity-quantity threshold, a color of theobject graph may be a preset color indicating a low electricityquantity, or when the current electricity quantity of the terminal isgreater than the low-electricity-quantity threshold and is less than apreset high-electricity-quantity threshold, a color of the object graphmay be a preset color indicating a medium electricity quantity, or whenthe current electricity quantity of the terminal is greater than orequal to the high-electricity-quantity threshold, a color of the objectgraph may be a preset color indicating a high electricity quantity.

In some embodiments, the external device may include a storage devicehaving a communication function, the transmission object may includedata information, that the terminal is currently connected to theexternal device may include the terminal is currently in a wirelessconnection to the storage device, and the position on the screen thatcorresponds to the external device may include a position of a radiosignal icon on the screen.

At least one of a current moving speed of the object graph and a currentsize of the object graph may be in a positive correlation with a currenttransmission speed of the data information.

The data information is an installation file of an application or anupdate file of the application, a transmission direction of the datainformation is from the external device to the terminal, the progressgraph is an icon for a download status of the application or an icon foran update status of the application, the icon for the download status isused to display a current download progress, and the icon for the updatestatus is used to display a current update progress.

The method embodiment of the present disclosure is based on a sameconception as the apparatus embodiment. For specific content, refer todescriptions of operations performed by corresponding components in theapparatus embodiment of the present disclosure, and details are notdescribed herein again.

FIG. 17 is a schematic flowchart of an information display method. Themethod may be performed by the terminal 800, and steps of the method areas follows.

Step 1701: When the terminal establishes a call connection to anotherterminal, display a profile picture on a screen of the terminal, wherethe profile picture is used to indicate the other terminal.

Step 1702: Detect whether audio data used to indicate a telephone voiceof a user of the terminal is received.

Step 1703: When the audio data is received, display a transmissiondynamic animation on the screen, where the transmission dynamicanimation is a dynamic picture showing that an object graph appears at astart position on the screen, and the object graph moves to a positionof the profile picture and then disappears at the position of theprofile picture, and the object graph is used to indicate the audiodata.

In some embodiments, when the audio data is from a device that has amicrophone and that is in a wireless connection to the terminal, thestart position may be a position of a radio signal icon on the screen,or when the audio data is from a device that has a microphone and thatis in a wired connection to the terminal using a headset jack of theterminal, the start position may be on a boundary of the screen, thestart position and the headset jack may be on a same side of a center ofthe screen, and the start position is in a plug direction of the headsetjack, or when the audio data is from a microphone of the terminal, thestart position may be on a boundary of the screen, and the startposition and the microphone of the terminal may be on a same side of acenter of the screen.

In some embodiments, there may be at least two object graphs.

In some embodiments, the method may further include, when a call on thecall connection is completed, displaying a completion dynamic picture,where the completion dynamic picture may include a dynamic pictureshowing that a remaining object graph that is already displayed in theobject graph and does not disappear moves to the position of the profilepicture and then disappears at the position of the profile picture, orthe completion dynamic picture may include a dynamic picture showingthat the remaining object graph moves to the start position and thendisappears at the start position. In the completion dynamic picture, anew object graph may no longer appear at the start position.

In the completion dynamic picture, transparency of the remaining objectgraph may gradually increase and then the remaining object graph maydisappear, or in the completion dynamic picture, a color of theremaining object graph may change to a preset completion color.

In some embodiments, a current moving speed of the object graph may bein a positive correlation with a current speaking speed of the voice, ora current size of the object graph may be in a negative correlation witha current speaking speed of the voice, and a higher current speakingspeed of the voice indicates a smaller current size of the object graph.

In some embodiments, when a current frequency of the voice is less thanor equal to a preset low-frequency threshold, a shape of the objectgraph may be a preset low-frequency shape, or when a current frequencyof the voice is greater than the low-frequency threshold and is lessthan a preset high-frequency threshold, a shape of the object graph maybe a preset intermediate-frequency shape, or when a current frequency ofthe voice is greater than or equal to the high-frequency threshold, ashape of the object graph may be a preset high-frequency shape.

The method embodiment of the present disclosure is based on a sameconception as the apparatus embodiment. For specific content, refer todescriptions of operations performed by corresponding components in theapparatus embodiment of the present disclosure, and details are notdescribed herein again.

FIG. 18 is a schematic flowchart of an information display method. Themethod may be performed by the terminal 1000, and steps of the methodare as follows.

Step 1801: When music corresponding to audio data is played, display adisc graph on a screen of the terminal, where the disc graph is used toindicate the music.

Step 1802: Detect whether the terminal currently outputs the audio datato a playback device.

Step 1803: When the terminal currently outputs the audio data to theplayback device, display a transmission dynamic animation on the screen,where the transmission dynamic animation is a dynamic picture showingthat an object graph appears at a position of the disc graph on thescreen of the terminal, and the object graph moves to an end positionand then disappears at the end position, and the object graph is used toindicate the audio data.

In some embodiments, when the terminal is in a wireless connection tothe playback device, and the terminal currently outputs the audio datato the playback device, the end position may be a position of a radiosignal icon on the screen, or when the terminal is in a wired connectionto the playback device using a headset jack, and the terminal currentlyoutputs the audio data to the playback device, the end position may beon a boundary of the screen of the terminal, the end position and theheadset jack are on a same side of a center of the screen, and the endposition may be in a plug direction of the headset jack.

In some embodiments, the displaying a transmission dynamic animation mayinclude displaying the transmission dynamic animation within presetduration.

In some embodiments, when a current frequency of the music is less thanor equal to a preset low-frequency threshold, a shape of the objectgraph may be a preset low-frequency shape, or when a current frequencyof the music is greater than the low-frequency threshold and is lessthan a preset high-frequency threshold, a shape of the object graph maybe a preset intermediate-frequency shape, or when a current frequency ofthe music is greater than or equal to the high-frequency threshold, ashape of the object graph may be a preset high-frequency shape.

In some embodiments, a current moving speed of the object graph may bein a positive correlation with a current rhythm of the music, or acurrent size of the object graph may be in a negative correlation with acurrent rhythm of the music, and a faster current rhythm of the musicmay indicate a smaller current size of the object graph.

In some embodiments, in the transmission dynamic animation, a quantityof object graphs that appear per second may be in a positive correlationwith resolution of the audio data.

In some embodiments, the method may further include, when the terminalcurrently does not output the audio data to the playback device,displaying a silent dynamic picture, where the silent dynamic picturemay be a dynamic picture showing that a remaining object graph that isalready displayed in the object graph and does not disappear moves tothe end position and then disappears at the end position. In the silentdynamic picture, a new object graph may no longer appear at the positionof the disc graph.

In some embodiments, the method may further include, when the music ispaused, displaying a pause picture showing that the remaining objectgraph that is already displayed in the object graph and does notdisappear stops moving. Transparency of the remaining object graph inthe pause picture may be greater than transparency of the object graphin the transmission dynamic animation. Higher transparency indicatesthat the graph that is already displayed in the object graph and doesnot disappear is more transparent. In the pause picture, a new objectgraph may no longer appear at the position of the disc graph.

The method may further include when the play of the music is resumed,displaying a dynamic picture showing that a graph that is alreadydisplayed in the object graph and does not disappear moves to the endposition and then disappears at the end position. In the dynamicpicture, a new object graph may appear at the position of the discgraph.

The method embodiment of the present disclosure is based on a sameconception as the apparatus embodiment. For specific content, refer todescriptions of operations performed by corresponding components in theapparatus embodiment of the present disclosure, and details are notdescribed herein again.

FIG. 19 is a schematic flowchart of an information display method. Themethod may be performed by the terminal 1200, and steps of the methodare as follows.

Step 1901: Detect whether a volume up button of the terminal is pressed,where the volume up button is used by a user to increase a volume of theterminal.

Step 1902: When the volume up button is pressed, display a volume updynamic picture on the screen of the terminal, where the volume updynamic picture is a dynamic picture showing that a volume up objectgraph appears at a start position on the screen, and the volume upobject graph moves to a volume position on the screen and thendisappears at the volume position, and the volume up object graph isused to indicate an instruction for increasing the volume.

In some embodiments, the method may further include displaying thevolume graph on the screen of the terminal, where the volume graph isused to indicate a current volume of the terminal, and the volumeposition is the position of the volume graph.

In some embodiments, the start position may be on a boundary of thescreen of the terminal, the start position and the volume up button ofthe terminal are on a same side of a center of the screen, and the startposition is in a press direction of the volume up button.

In some embodiments, the method may further include detecting whether avolume down button of the terminal is pressed, where the volume upbutton is used by the user to reduce the volume of the terminal, whenthe volume down button is pressed, displaying a volume down dynamicpicture, where the volume down dynamic picture may be a dynamic pictureshowing that a volume down object graph appears at the position of thevolume graph, and the volume down object graph moves to an end positionon the screen of the terminal and then disappears at the end position,and the volume down object graph may be used to indicate an instructionfor reducing the volume.

The end position may be on a boundary of the screen of the terminal, theend position and the volume down button of the terminal may be on a sameside of the center of the screen, and the end position may be in a pressdirection of the volume down button.

In some embodiments, the volume graph may be a circle, and a currentradius of the volume graph may be in a positive correlation with thecurrent volume of the terminal.

In some embodiments, when the volume up button is pressed once, aquantity of volume up object graphs that appear at the start position inthe volume up dynamic picture may be a preset quantity.

In some embodiments, when the volume down button is pressed once, aquantity of volume down object graphs that appear at the position of thevolume graph in the volume down dynamic picture may be a presetquantity.

The method embodiment of the present disclosure is based on a sameconception as the apparatus embodiment. For specific content, refer todescriptions of operations performed by corresponding components in theapparatus embodiment of the present disclosure, and details are notdescribed herein again.

FIG. 20 is a schematic flowchart of an information display method. Themethod may be performed by the terminal 1400, and steps of the methodare as follows.

Step 2001: Display a sound recording graph on a screen of the terminal,where the sound recording graph is used to indicate that a soundrecording interface is opened.

Step 2002: Detect whether audio data used to indicate a voice of a userof the terminal is received.

Step 2003: When the audio data is received, display a transmissiondynamic animation on the screen, where the transmission dynamicanimation is a dynamic picture showing that an object graph appears at astart position on the screen, and the object graph moves to the soundrecording graph and then disappears at a position of the sound recordinggraph, and the object graph is used to indicate the audio data.

In some embodiments, when the audio data is from a device that has amicrophone and that is in a wireless connection to the terminal, thestart position may be a position of a radio signal icon on the screen,or when the audio data is from a device that has a microphone and thatis in a wired connection to the terminal using a headset jack of theterminal, the start position may be on a boundary of the screen, thestart position and the headset jack of the terminal may be on a sameside of a center of the screen, and the start position may be in a plugdirection of the headset jack, or when the audio data is from amicrophone of the terminal, the start position may be on a boundary ofthe screen of the terminal, and the start position and the microphone ofthe terminal may be on a same side of a center of the screen.

The microphone of the terminal may include at least two microphones, andwhen the audio data is from any one of the at least two microphones, thestart position and the any one of the microphones may be on a same sideof the center of the screen. Further, the start position may be close toa position of any one of the microphones.

In some embodiments, there may be at least two object graphs.

In some embodiments, the method may further include when the soundrecording function is completed or when the sound recording function ispaused, displaying a completion dynamic picture. The completion dynamicpicture may be a dynamic picture showing that a remaining object graphthat is already displayed in the object graph and does not disappearmoves to the position of the sound recording graph and then disappearsat the position of the sound recording graph, or the completion dynamicpicture may be a dynamic picture showing that the remaining object graphmoves to the start position and then disappears at the start position.In the completion dynamic picture, a new object graph may no longerappear at the start position.

In some embodiments, a current moving speed of the object graph may bein a positive correlation with a current speaking speed of the voice, ora current size of the object graph is in a negative correlation with acurrent speaking speed of the voice, and a higher current speaking speedof the voice may indicate a smaller current size of the object graph.

In some embodiments, when a current frequency of the voice is less thanor equal to a preset low-frequency threshold, a shape of the objectgraph may be a preset low-frequency shape, or when a current frequencyof the voice is greater than the low-frequency threshold and is lessthan a preset high-frequency threshold, a shape of the object graph maybe a preset intermediate-frequency shape, or when a current frequency ofthe voice is greater than or equal to the high-frequency threshold, ashape of the object graph may be a preset high-frequency shape.

The method embodiment of the present disclosure is based on a sameconception as the apparatus embodiment. For specific content, refer todescriptions of operations performed by corresponding components in theapparatus embodiment of the present disclosure, and details are notdescribed herein again.

FIG. 21 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a computerdevice 2100 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Asshown in FIG. 21, the computer device 2100 may be used as animplementation of at least one of the terminal 300, the terminal 800,the terminal 1000, the terminal 1200, and the terminal 1400. Thecomputer device 2100 includes a processor 2102, a memory 2104, aninput/output interface 2106, a communications interface 2108, and a bus2110. The processor 2102, the memory 2104, the input/output interface2106, and the communications interface 2108 communicate with and connectto each other using the bus 2110.

The processor 2102 may use a general CPU, a microprocessor, anapplication-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or one or moreintegrated circuits, and is configured to execute a related program toimplement the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of thepresent disclosure.

The memory 2104 may be a read-only memory (ROM), a static storagedevice, a dynamic storage device, or a RAM. The memory 2104 may store anoperating system and another application program. Functions that need tobe performed by modules and components included in at least one of theterminal 300, the terminal 800, the terminal 1000, the terminal 1200,and the terminal 1400 provided in the embodiments of the presentdisclosure are implemented using software or firmware, or program codeused to implement the foregoing methods provided in the methodembodiments of the present disclosure is stored in the memory 2104, andthe processor 2102 reads the code in the memory 2104 to performoperations that need to be performed by modules and components includedin at least one of the terminal 300, the terminal 800, the terminal1000, the terminal 1200, and the terminal 1400, or perform the foregoingmethods provided in the method embodiments of the present disclosure.

The input/output interface 2106 is configured to receive input data andinformation, and output data such as an operation result. Theinput/output interface 2106 may output display data to a display suchthat the display visually presents the display data.

The communications interface 2108 uses, for example, but not limited to,a transceiver apparatus such as a transceiver, to implement commutationbetween the computer device 2100 and another device or a communicationsnetwork.

The bus 2110 may include paths for transmitting information betweenvarious components (for example, the processor 2102, the memory 2104,the input/output interface 2106, and the communications interface 2108)of the computer device 2100.

The computer device 2100 further includes a display configured todisplay various graphs and dynamic pictures described in the embodimentsof the present disclosure.

It should be noted that, although for the computer device 2100 shown inFIG. 21, only the processor 2102, the memory 2104, the input/outputinterface 2106, the communications interface 2108, and the bus 2110 areshown, in a specific implementation process, a person skilled in the artshould understand that the computer device 2100 may further includeother devices required for implementing normal running. In addition,according to specific requirements, a person skilled in the art shouldunderstand that the computer device 2100 may further include a hardwaredevice for implementing another additional function. In addition, aperson skilled in the art should understand that, the computer device2100 may include only components required for implementing theembodiments of the present disclosure, without a need of including allcomponents shown in FIG. 21.

It should be noted that, to make the description brief, the foregoingmethod embodiments are expressed as a series of actions. However, aperson skilled in the art should appreciate that the present disclosureis not limited to the described action sequence, because according tothe present disclosure, some steps may be performed in other sequencesor performed simultaneously. In addition, a person skilled in the artshould also appreciate that the actions and modules involved in thisspecification are not necessarily mandatory to the present disclosure.

A person of ordinary skill in the art may understand that all or some ofthe processes of the methods in the embodiments may be implemented by acomputer program instructing relevant hardware. The program may bestored in a computer readable storage medium. When the program runs, theprocesses of the methods in the embodiments are performed. The foregoingstorage medium may include a magnetic disk, an optical disc, a ROM, or aRAM.

Although the present disclosure is described with reference to theembodiments, in a process of implementing the present disclosure thatclaims protection, a person skilled in the art may understand andimplement other variations of the disclosed embodiments by viewing theaccompanying drawings, disclosed content, and the accompanying claims.In the claims, “comprising” does not exclude another component oranother step, and “a” or “one” does not exclude a case of a plurality. Asingle processor or another module may implement several functionsenumerated in the claims. The fact that specific measures are recited inmutually different dependent claims does not indicate that a combinationof these measures cannot bring better effects. The computer program maybe stored/distributed in a proper medium, for example, an opticalstorage medium or a solid state medium, and is provided as or used as apart of the hardware together with other hardware, or may use anotherdistribution form, such as using the Internet or another wired orwireless telecommunications system.

Specific examples are used in this specification to describe theprinciple and implementations of the present disclosure. Thedescriptions of the foregoing embodiments are merely intended to helpunderstand the method and idea of the present disclosure. In addition,with respect to the implementations and the application scope,modifications may be made by a person of ordinary skill in the artaccording to the idea of the present disclosure. Therefore, thisspecification shall not be construed as a limitation on the presentdisclosure.

1. An information display method, performed by a terminal, theinformation display method comprising: detecting whether the terminal iscurrently coupled to an external device; transmitting a transmissionobject between the terminal and the external device in response to theterminal being currently coupled to the external device; and displayinga progress graph and a transmission dynamic animation on a screen of theterminal when the transmission object is transmitted between theterminal and the external device, wherein the progress graph indicates acurrent transmission progress of the transmission object, wherein thetransmission dynamic animation comprises an object graph that moves froma start position on the screen to an end position on the screen anddisappears at the end position, wherein the object graph indicates thetransmission object, wherein the start position is a position on thescreen corresponding to the external device and the end position is aposition of the progress graph when a transmission direction of thetransmission object is from the external device to the terminal, andwherein the start position is the position of the progress graph and theend position is the position on the screen corresponding to the externaldevice when the transmission direction of the transmission object isfrom the terminal to the external device.
 2. The information displaymethod of claim 1, further comprising displaying a completion dynamicpicture when the transmission object has completed being transmitted,and wherein the completion dynamic picture comprises: a dynamic pictureshowing that a remaining object graph already displayed in the objectgraph that does not disappear moves to the end position and disappearsat the end position; or the dynamic picture showing that the remainingobject graph moves to the start position and disappears at the startposition.
 3. The information display method of claim 2, wherein thecompletion dynamic picture further comprises: gradually increasingtransparency of the remaining object graph and disappearing theremaining object graph; or changing a color of the remaining objectgraph to a preset completion color.
 4. The information display method ofclaim 1, further comprising displaying a pause picture showing that aremaining object graph already displayed in the object graph that doesnot disappear stops moving when transmission of the transmission objectis paused.
 5. The Information display method of claim 4, furthercomprising displaying a dynamic picture showing that the remainingobject graph moves to the end position and disappears at the endposition when the transmission of the transmission object is resumed. 6.The information display method of claim 1, wherein displaying thetransmission dynamic animation comprises displaying the transmissiondynamic animation within a preset duration.
 7. The information displaymethod of claim 2, wherein displaying the completion dynamic picturecomprises displaying the completion dynamic picture within a presetduration.
 8. The information display method of claim 1, wherein theexternal device comprises a charging device, wherein the transmissionobject comprises electric energy, wherein detecting that the terminal iscurrently coupled to the external device comprises detecting that theterminal is currently coupled to the charging device using a chargingcable or through wireless charging, wherein the start position is on aboundary of the screen, the start position and a charging interface ofthe terminal are on a same side of a center of the screen, the startposition is in a plug direction of the charging interface, and the endposition is the position of the progress graph when the terminal iscurrently coupled to the charging device using the charging cable, andwherein the start position is on the boundary of the screen, the startposition is on each of two sides of the screen, and the end position isthe position of the progress graph when the terminal is currentlycoupled to the charging device through the wireless charging.
 9. Theinformation display method of claim 8, wherein the progress graph is acircle, and wherein a current radius of the progress graph is in apositive correlation with a current electricity quantity of theterminal.
 10. The information display method of claim 8, wherein atleast one of a current moving speed of the object graph or a currentsize of the object graph is in a positive correlation with: a voltagecurrently provided by the charging device; or a current input into theterminal.
 11. The information display method of claim 8, wherein a colorof the object graph is a first preset color indicating a low electricityquantity when a current electricity quantity of the terminal is lessthan or equal to a preset low-electricity quantity threshold, whereinthe color of the object graph is a second preset color indicating amedium electricity quantity when the current electricity quantity of theterminal is greater than the low-electricity-quantity threshold and isless than a preset high-electricity-quantity threshold, and wherein thecolor of the object graph is a third preset color indicating a highelectricity quantity when the current electricity quantity of theterminal is greater than or equal to the high-electricity quantitythreshold.
 12. The information display method of claim 1, wherein theexternal device comprises a storage device having a communicationfunction, wherein the transmission object comprises data information,wherein the terminal is in a wireless connection to the storage device,and wherein the position on the screen corresponding to the externaldevice comprises a position of a radio signal icon on the screen. 13.The information display method of claim 12, wherein at least one of acurrent moving speed of the object graph or a current size of the objectgraph is in a positive correlation with a current transmission speed ofthe data information.
 14. The information display method of claim 12,wherein the data information is an installation file of an applicationor an update file of the application, wherein a transmission directionof the data information is from the external device to the terminal,wherein the progress graph is an icon for a download status of theapplication or an icon for an update status of the application, whereinthe icon for the download status displays a current download progress,and wherein the icon for the update status displays current updateprogress.
 15. A terminal, comprising: a memory storage configured tostore instructions; and one or more processors coupled to the memorystorage, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to:detect whether the terminal is currently coupled to an external device;transmit a transmission object between the terminal and the externaldevice in response to the terminal being currently coupled to theexternal device; and display a progress graph and a transmission dynamicanimation on a screen of the terminal when the transmission object istransmitted between the terminal and the external device, wherein theprogress graph indicates a current transmission progress of thetransmission object, wherein the transmission dynamic animationcomprises an object graph that moves from a start position on the screento an end position on the screen and disappears at the end position,wherein the object graph indicates the transmission object, wherein thestart position is a position on the screen corresponding to the externaldevice and the end position is a position of the progress graph when atransmission direction of the transmission object is from the externaldevice to the terminal, and wherein the start position is the positionof the progress graph and the end position is the position on the screencorresponding to the external device when the transmission direction ofthe transmission object is from the terminal to the external device. 16.The terminal of claim 15, wherein the one or more processors furtherexecute the instructions to display a completion dynamic picture whenthe transmission object has completed being transmitted, and wherein thecompletion dynamic picture comprises: a dynamic picture showing that aremaining object graph already displayed in the object graph that doesnot disappear moves to the end position and disappears at the endposition; or the dynamic picture showing that the remaining object graphmoves to the start position and disappears at the start position. 17.The terminal of claim 16, wherein the one or more processors furtherexecute the instructions to: gradually increase, in the completiondynamic picture, transparency of the remaining object graph anddisappear the remaining object graph; or change, in the completiondynamic picture, a color of the remaining object graph to a presetcompletion color.
 18. The terminal of claim 15, wherein the one or moreprocessors further execute the instructions to display a pause pictureshowing that a remaining object graph already displayed in the objectgraph that does not disappear stops moving when transmission of thetransmission object is paused.
 19. The terminal of claim 18, wherein theone or more processors further execute the instructions to display adynamic picture showing that the remaining object graph moves to the endposition and disappears at the end position when the transmission of thetransmission object is resumed.
 20. A non-transitory computer programstorage medium, comprising instructions when executed by one or moreprocessors cause the one or more processors to: detect whether aterminal is currently coupled to an external device; transmit atransmission object between the terminal and the external device inresponse to the terminal being currently coupled to the external device;and display a progress graph and a transmission dynamic animation on ascreen of the terminal when the transmission object is transmittedbetween the terminal and the external device, wherein the progress graphindicates a current transmission progress of the transmission object,wherein the transmission dynamic animation comprises an object graphthat moves from a start position on the screen to an end position on thescreen and disappears at the end position, wherein the object graphindicates the transmission object, wherein the start position is aposition on the screen corresponding to the external device and the endposition is a position of the progress graph when a transmissiondirection of the transmission object is from the external device to theterminal, and wherein the start position is the position of the progressgraph and the end position is the position on the screen correspondingto the external device when the transmission direction of thetransmission object is from the terminal to the external device.